Federal civil rights charges unlikely against police officer in Ferguson shooting

[branford]

102. The decision to file civil rights charges will ultimately be made by AG Holder,

under the authority of President Obama, both African-Americans. They will have access to the same witnesses and evidence, simultaneously collected and reviewed by the FBI, and the feds even performed their own, third autopsy. If no federal civil rights are filed due to lack of evidence, are AG Holder and President Obama racists?

You've already convicted Wilson in your mind, and dismissed all evidence, no less a trial, as irrelevant if it does not agree with your determination of guilt and other preconceived notions. You certainly don't want to engage in a discussion, you want a cheering section for your mob. I care not at all if you're tired of people disagreeing with you. Get over it. People of good faith and character, here on DU and elsewhere, who are certainly not racists, will see this case (and the long-standing requirements of the legal system) differently than you. If you don't want or expect to be challenged, I'm curious why you would post on a internet forum.

Loudly proclaiming we live "Amerikka," or believing that you have some special, unique insight into this case or racism in America, is not only puerile and arrogant, it's immaterial to procuring a conviction, state or federal. A conviction requires a great deal of evidence about the specific incident, not just purported knowledge of racism in Ferguson or hatred of police.

If Wilson is guilty of murder, I sincerely hope that there is sufficient evidence to procure a conviction. Since the majority of evidence, both forensic and witnessed, has not been released, no one, including you or I, know the strength of any potential case against Wilson or can evaluate if a trial is even warranted. There are well established procedural and ethical rules that must be followed, and demands by the mob should never be considered.