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In reply to the discussion: In Ferguson, the Grand Jury Is Out and the Fix Is in [View all]Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)22. They didn't even fill out a report until the FBI asked where it was....
And it was mostly blank.
Keep in mind that they didn't even want to reveal the NAME of the cop and they let him leave town. (No doubt hoping all of this would blow over in a few days/weeks)
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It does seem the grand jury is holding off on the decision until winter sets in. ...
spin
Oct 2014
#1
You can't tell me they haven't come to a decision , they know by now what that decision is
scarystuffyo
Oct 2014
#2
"Verdict"? You mean Grand Jury decision about whether to indict? Has Governor Nixon been
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#17
I am sure the prosecutor is drawing this out as long as possible hoping things will be
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#3
I share your absolute mistrust of the legitimacy of St. Louis County law enforcement and
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#18
I would go so far as to say that, were Governor Nixon to appoint a Special Prosecutor with zero
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#42
They didn't even fill out a report until the FBI asked where it was....
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2014
#22
Is this just a feeling you have? Or have you read that the decision is forthcoming
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#19
Jesus, that would take some chutzpah to release the decision (assuming a no bill) tomorrow, when
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#23
But of course....... "eyewitness testimony is inherently unreliable"...........
raven mad
Oct 2014
#12
I've said it may soon be 'gut check' time for everyone on DU and, by extension,
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#20
No non-Wilson witness, AFAIK, has maintained the ridiculous assertiont that
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#41
So, you think a guy just walking down the street decided to jump into a cop car and attack him?
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2014
#52
Anything is "possible" probable!? HELL NO!!! Especially seeing the guy SUPPOSEDLY (no not really)
uponit7771
Oct 2014
#60
Yeap, a stupid LEO would, I'm 6'5" and would get beat on wiff by the thug LEOs like the KKK backed
uponit7771
Oct 2014
#66
Wilson could have been trying to detain Brown. That's what some witnesses said.
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2014
#48
Yeap, all the black folk are lying ... Wilson has no statements officilly written but all the "other
uponit7771
Oct 2014
#69
"was such a significant threat that Wilson was compelled to shoot" HOW!!!!!!
uponit7771
Oct 2014
#33
7 or 8 African American eyewitnesses have provided testimony consistent with Wilson’s account
maced666
Oct 2014
#56
If those African-American witnesses exist, we will learn their identities soon enough
branford
Oct 2014
#64
Yes, because it's not answering the crime Wilson did .. Hint: the people who back Wilson have
uponit7771
Oct 2014
#68
For the life of me, I can't figure out how Brown's blood on the gun=Brown assaulting Wilson
me b zola
Oct 2014
#65
Brown is black, if the sky was grey that day to some people... Brown made it that way... Also...
uponit7771
Oct 2014
#67