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68. It was his job to prosecute, not to PRETEND he was prosecuting.

Thu Nov 27, 2014, 12:39 AM

Nov 2014

If he didn't want to prosecute he should have admitted it and suffered the consequences -- not put Michael Brown's family and the members of the Grand Jury through this pretense of a Grand Jury proceeding.

There SHOULD have been an indictment, and there would have if he had acted properly as a prosecutor, and presented the evidence that supported Wilson's guilt, without acting as a defense lawyer to simultaneously undermine that evidence.

He had a clear conflict of interest, both financial and personal. He is the President of a non-profit that was named as one of two beneficiaries of a fund-raiser in the name of Darren Wilson. That fundraiser is still online, still collecting funds from t-shirt sales that are supposedly going to his org.

He also had a personal bias. His own father was a police officer who was killed by a black man. Yes, I doubt his ability to be unbiased.

He should have recused himself, or he should have been removed from the case.

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OMFG: "Fake" Josie Account of Michael Brown Killing Matches Wilson Testimony!!! [View all] IdaBriggs Nov 2014 OP

I believe Dorian Johnson's testimony is the most accurate. octoberlib Nov 2014 #1

Why? Indydem Nov 2014 #2

Prove your assertion that he is a criminal and/or liar. IdaBriggs Nov 2014 #4

Blinders much? Indydem Nov 2014 #6

Uh wrong....the police reported that the drivers side window was shot OUTWARDS...the glas VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #18

Where is that in the Grand Jury testimony? Indydem Nov 2014 #20

What is wrong with that account? Brown's blood was found in the vehicle, showing pnwmom Nov 2014 #27

Blood was pooling on his right side? Indydem Nov 2014 #29

He was in his right arm. pnwmom Nov 2014 #31

Interesting takeaway on your part. IdaBriggs Nov 2014 #42

He wasn't arrested in Ferguson Indydem Nov 2014 #43

"Arrested on the warrant FROM Ferguson/left for 14 days." IdaBriggs Nov 2014 #49

Where does it say that the warrant was FROM Ferguson? Indydem Nov 2014 #52

Darren Wilson is a liar and a murderer. BillZBubb Nov 2014 #7

And the testimony from witnesses that Brown charged at Wilson? Indydem Nov 2014 #12

gosh, with so much conflicting testimony, it would seem to me that a trial is in order.. frylock Nov 2014 #16

Would losing a trial make you feel like justice was served? Indydem Nov 2014 #17

IN 2010 there were 162,000 Grand Juries....out of those...only 11 were denied... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #21

That is a Federal Court number. Indydem Nov 2014 #23

so just fuck it? frylock Nov 2014 #22

Our justice system is imperfect. Indydem Nov 2014 #26

That's not the standard for indictment woolldog Nov 2014 #53

A few years ago... Indydem Nov 2014 #55

Probable cause is the standard for indictment. woolldog Nov 2014 #57

you understand the difference between homocide and petty theft, don't you? frylock Nov 2014 #72

Wrong. The reason he wasn't indicted was because the prosecutor pnwmom Nov 2014 #28

They were given a range of charges to choose from. Indydem Nov 2014 #30

No, they weren't given a range of charges. To suggest they were is just plain false. pnwmom Nov 2014 #32

Oh, sorry. Wrong. Indydem Nov 2014 #33

Interesting. Well, that spokesman certainly gave the wrong impression, didn't he? pnwmom Nov 2014 #35

So you are saying the spokesman is lying? Indydem Nov 2014 #38

I am saying the spokesman, whether deliberately or not, pnwmom Nov 2014 #39

The article you link to, links to the same one I link to. Indydem Nov 2014 #41

Your link doesn't say what you think it does. pnwmom Nov 2014 #59

The bill of indictment is the result, not the beginning. Indydem Nov 2014 #60

Being GIVEN a range of options is not the same as the prosecutor RECOMMENDING pnwmom Nov 2014 #64

Because he didn't want to prosecute the case. Indydem Nov 2014 #66

It was his job to prosecute, not to PRETEND he was prosecuting. pnwmom Nov 2014 #68

Prosecutorial Discretion Indydem Nov 2014 #69

Ya know, every stinking time I hear someone say that Wilson "acted in good faith" or... bluesbassman Nov 2014 #40

If you can get 12 people, in secret, to not indict Wilson, it doesn't follow ... Quasimodem Nov 2014 #61

It only takes ONE. Indydem Nov 2014 #63

maybe because they were in the minority... stupidicus Nov 2014 #37

That is the journal from azmom Nov 2014 #71

... Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #34

So, wait? Indydem Nov 2014 #36

I just noticed...you are all over my thread defending the honor of Wilson IdaBriggs Nov 2014 #51

What is there to say? Indydem Nov 2014 #56

Of course the FAKE FACEBOOK ACCOUNT matches and I am blustering because IdaBriggs Nov 2014 #58

No official record thing? Indydem Nov 2014 #62

Post removed Post removed Nov 2014 #65

I look forward to action from the Justice Department. Indydem Nov 2014 #67

You mean the one where Michael isn't a Super Villain? IdaBriggs Nov 2014 #3

That matches exactly what the forensic pathologist says on CNN BrotherIvan Nov 2014 #5

FINALLY, someone with expertise lays it out for the ugly truth it is. Rex Nov 2014 #9

Nor do they care about facts BrotherIvan Nov 2014 #10

That's it. I read through all his testimony before the Grand Jury. I guess a 22 octoberlib Nov 2014 #8

Care to provide evidence that Wilson was let go for corruption? Indydem Nov 2014 #11

It was all over the news. The whole department was disbanded. octoberlib Nov 2014 #13

That is not evidence that Wilson is corrupt. Indydem Nov 2014 #19

he was probably the one "good cop" at that dept frylock Nov 2014 #24

There were 45 cops on the Jennings police force. Indydem Nov 2014 #25

That's pretty much It. 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #44

And... PsychGrad Nov 2014 #46

The non-corrupt ones were hired back. The corrupt ones, or even just those IdaBriggs Nov 2014 #45

Here ya go. Rex Nov 2014 #15

Is fake Josie mainstreetonce Nov 2014 #14

No, she claimed to be one of her friends. Don't see her name on the KKK list IdaBriggs Nov 2014 #48

My god! it's coming right for us! obxhead Nov 2014 #47

About the size of it. lonestarnot Nov 2014 #70

Not sure what to believe CullenBohannon Nov 2014 #50

National Bar Association feels differently. IdaBriggs Nov 2014 #54

The shock isn't their creation of a fake facebook account Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #73