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January 6, 2015

xposted Ferguson Juror Sues McColluch

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026046186



One of the jurors on the St. Louis County grand jury that decided not to indict then-Police Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown commissioned the American Civil Liberties Union to file a lawsuit to allow the juror to publicly discuss the proceedings. Specifically, the juror, who remains unnamed, wants to be able to discredit the claim that “all 12 jurors believed there was no support for any charges,” the Associated Press reports.

The lawsuit was filed against Robert McCulloch, the St. Louis County prosecutor who oversaw the grand jury proceedings. In the lawsuit, the juror described how McCulloch presented evidence in such a way that implicated Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old.

Brown, not Officer Wilson, the lawsuit argues, was fashioned as the instigator and “the wrongdoer.” The juror has “the impression that evidence was presented differently than in other cases,” AP explains.



snip more at link
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2015/01/ferguson_juror_sues_prosecutor_so_that_gag_order_can_be_lifted_says_evidence.html?wpisrc=topstories
January 6, 2015

Ferguson Juror Sues McColluch

One of the jurors on the St. Louis County grand jury that decided not to indict then-Police Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown commissioned the American Civil Liberties Union to file a lawsuit to allow the juror to publicly discuss the proceedings. Specifically, the juror, who remains unnamed, wants to be able to discredit the claim that “all 12 jurors believed there was no support for any charges,” the Associated Press reports.

The lawsuit was filed against Robert McCulloch, the St. Louis County prosecutor who oversaw the grand jury proceedings. In the lawsuit, the juror described how McCulloch presented evidence in such a way that implicated Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old.

Brown, not Officer Wilson, the lawsuit argues, was fashioned as the instigator and “the wrongdoer.” The juror has “the impression that evidence was presented differently than in other cases,” AP explains.


snip more at link
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2015/01/ferguson_juror_sues_prosecutor_so_that_gag_order_can_be_lifted_says_evidence.html?wpisrc=topstories
January 3, 2015

Sick of President Obama derangement syndrome?

******THIS IS POSTED IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN GROUP*****
I know I am and it's no surprise to me who rec's those Obama bashing threads. It's some of the same folks that troll the HoF and AA groups

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