No, the looting would have happened no matter who presented the case to the grand jury, but the looters are the minority of the African American community, not the representative majority. Honest, thoughtful, hard-working members of the African American community now have reason to doubt the valiidity of the grand jury proceedings because St. Louis County was too proud, or too ignorant, to allow a special prosecutor. Had they allowed a special prosecutor whose reputation was beyond reproach, race-baiters would not have nearly as much ammunition to dismiss the outcome as a miscarriage of justice. Why hand someone like Rev. Al a perfect talking point? If Rev. Al wanted to call the jurists racists, that’s a much harder case to make to the public and he would get far less support.
i bet Obama is sitting in his oval office watching the looting/anarchy and thinking “come on guys, you’re making us look really really bad”
Holder is NOT the prosecutor’s boss.
And, to be fair, there were dozens of black (local) community leaders in Ferguson pleading for peaceful protests. They all knew exactly what was coming and they were disgusted by it. It’s not like every black person is just waiting to loot something. But, looting is a black problem.
No offense, but that’s pretty stupid since the prosecutor closed the case and expidited the release of all of the evidence.
What “thoughtgul, hard-working person”, black or otherwise, could possibly think that Brown didn’t have it coming when his blodd and a bullet were found *inside the driver’s side of the police car*? Pictures showing Wilson’s injuries were also included. It should be obvious to anybody that Brown assaulted Wilson and that Wilson’s account was correct.
And how does one become a “member of the African American community”? Do they have annual dues?
No, but he has *more power* over the prosecutor than your boss has over you. Like I said, before the investigation began, Holder was threatening the police department (publicly, mind you) with criminal charges of corruption. Can your boss have you sent up to jail?
Holder supervised the whole thing for three reasons that have been stated.
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To make sure the presentation to the grand jury was fair;
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A federal civil rights investigation on Wilson;
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A ‘best practices’ investigation in Ferguson PD, and other St. Louis Police Deparments as a whole.
The prosecutor’s office shared all evidence with the AG, and the AG shared evidence with the prosecutor.
have yall seen the cleveland video shooting
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/11/cleveland_police_officer_shot_1.html
I guess I missed his press conference where he told the nation that Rev. Al and company are wrong because:
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The presentation to the grand jury was fair
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The federal investigation will result in a conviction
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St. Louis county’s investigation followed “best practices”
You have absolutely no idea how the world actually works, do you?
No. It’s far too complex to understand. But I do know that “thoughtful, hard-working members of the African American community” don’t have reason to doubt the validity of the grand jury proceedings. Now the jobless, ne’er-do-well members of the African American community do have a reason: Justification to riot and loot.
I didn’t watch the St. Louis Rams game yesterday, but apparently some of the players came out of the tunnel doing the “hands up don’t shoot” thing, to support Michael Brown. Then I read yesterday’s paper (out here in rich white Republicanville), and there was an editorial about how the Ferguson case shows that “police should be trained in additional ways to de-escalate a violent situation.”
And inside, I’m thinking “de-escalate a violent situation?” This guy (Mike Brown) is a suspect in a strong-arm convenience store robbery. Then he punches a cop in the face repeatedly, and tries to grab his gun. Exactly how do you “de-escalate the situation?”
Shoot him, obviously.
well said.
they should have done the “hands up don’t loot” thing. But I’m guessing that won’t appeal to certain audiences. we should bring back the cutting off hand punishment for all the looters that were caught
He was not a “suspect” in the robbery. Wilson just saw the cigarettes and guessed correctly. The report of male wearing a black shirt involved in the robbery referred to his friend Johnson.
Sucks that the officer is now out of work. Guy can’t provide for his family because some thug attacked him? What garbage.
I read the transcript of the Darren Wilson interview. Apparently Mike was calling him too pu$$y to shoot him. Guess Darren kept his cred and represented. That’ll teach future miscreants from steppin up frontin.
I read the transcript of the Darren Wilson interview. Apparently Mike was calling him too pu$$y to shoot him. Guess Darren kept his cred and represented. That’ll teach future miscreants from steppin up frontin.