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In reply to the discussion: The Ferguson Prosecutor, McCullough, 'Failed' to get a GJ Indictment. How rare is this? [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)was with Michael Brown. I remember his testimony. It contradicts the officers' testimony regarding the initial contact between him and Brown. I don't know if he was called as a witness since attempts were made from the beginning to discredit him.
Why didn't Wilson file a report right after the killing?
Why did he fire the last shot when it was clear Brown was badly injured already?
Prosecutors lead the GJ. Did you read the statistics in the OP regarding how rare it is for a prosecutor NOT to get an indictment from a GJ? You have to be either a pretty bad prosecutor OR you have to present the suspect in a sympathetic way. Which appears to be what happened here.
The American Bar Association agrees that the lack of an indictment in this case doesn't make sense.
Legal analysts around the country are questioning why the prosecutor didn't seem to want an indictment.
As for him worrying about the Federal Investigation, why would he worry about that? So long as he satisfied the police and his friends in Ferguson, what happens after that doesn't concern him.
I hope there is a Federal Indictment so we have a public trial where everything is out in the open. And I hope Brown's parents file a wrongful death lawsuit so that Wilson will be cross examined rather than allowed to ramble on without challenge.