Wilson needs a fair and impartial trial

[JDPriestly]

58. What the Grand Jury decides depends to a great extent on how the prosecutor picks and presents

evidence in the case.

The question is whether the circumstances in this case were such that Wilson was justified in killing Brown. There is evidence that Brown reached for the gun. Wilson says he was afraid, and that may be true. But could Wilson have avoided the confrontation? Did Wilson have any reason other than his pride and maybe racism or just being in a bad mood to back up and confront Johnson and Brown? Did Wilson maybe start the cycle of violence? Can a police officer start a violent confrontation over very little and then claim that he killed in self-defense?

Should Wilson have called for back-up before backing up and confronting Johnson and Brown?

These are questions that should be answered.

"officers have the right, in certain circumstances, to fire their weapons" etc. The trial could have helped to define what those circumstances are in Missouri law.

Did you watch the Lawrence O'Donnell show in which O'Donnell told the story about how the assistant prosecutor gave the grand jury COPIES of a Missouri law on the right of a police officer to shoot a fleeing suspect that had been overturned long ago by the US Supreme Court? It is worth watching.