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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBe honest, how many of you are surprised by the decision in Ferguson?
I sure as hell am not.
Laurian
(2,593 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)dhill926
(16,355 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Blacks are still counted as 3/5's person by many RWNJ's.
villager
(26,001 posts)n/t
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)The police have been hiding behind their blue wall of silence for many years!
geomon666
(7,512 posts)I'm more surprised by the blatant cover up.
think
(11,641 posts)for a long long time...
AnalystInParadise
(1,832 posts)alone convinced me there would be no indictment, and that is before we get into whether or not the Grand Jury process was fair or impartial.
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)He drove up to a kid and grabbed him by the throat for walking in the middle of the street. Then murdered him when he tried to defend him self then run away from the attack.
It's insane to say this murder was justified. The fix was in from the start.
AnalystInParadise
(1,832 posts)disagrees and that is the end of the story at the local level.
I worked in Biometrics in the Army, forensics data is supremely important, without it, you have no case quite often
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)The forensic data doesn't show what every witness agrees on. That he grabbed that kid by the neck because he dared to walk in the street. Then Wilson had a hissy fit when he slammed open the door and it bounced back on him because it hit him.
I'm disgusted by anyone who thinks forensics alone tells this story. The kill shot was over 20 feet away in the top of the head. Don't give me BS about the forensics.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)If so, then the grand jurors obviously got it wrong. And the DA was lying through his teeth.
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)So yes, all the available evidence shows this is bullshit. AND the fact that they have already said they will not release the grand jury transcripts proves they have lots to hide.
think
(11,641 posts)do you have a link?
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Compare the forensics to the story told by the kid walking with Mike Brown. The forensics supports that version, too, except that particular witness gave his statement on the spot, not waiting for the evidence to come in.
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)How many murder suspects get a full review of the evidence so they can fix their story around it. This is BULLSHIT!
LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)But no, I'm not surprised.
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)I've watched cops get away with murder for years in Seattle. We live in a sick country.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)But were desperately hoping for some g'damn justice.
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)that doesn't mean I'm not extremely pissed off about it.
The only way to get justice is a socialist revolution that smashes capitalism. Thing are WAY too far gone for any "reforms" to work anymore.
duggie99
(40 posts)Not surprised but still can't believe it.
avebury
(10,952 posts)Having the Prosecutor in his back pocket guaranteed Wilson that he would never be charged or convicted. Justice cannot survive in a country that is becoming militarized police state. The Founding Fathers are rolling over in their graves.
minivan2
(214 posts)Another corrupt cop gets away. And justice is forever broken.
Gemini Cat
(2,820 posts)I hoped I would be wrong.
marlakay
(11,491 posts)sarisataka
(18,770 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,087 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)Damn disgusted.
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)Brigid
(17,621 posts)Disappointed -- now that's another matter.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Not only are so many of the Ferguson P.D. absolutely corrupt, it seems that the prosecutor is also incompetent, or worse, and that the jury has either been bought out, or are fucking morons, or both.
It honestly sometimes feels like we're living in some half-baked dark comedy show, you know?
Beaverhausen
(24,472 posts)Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)TBF
(32,090 posts)TheKentuckian
(25,029 posts)I actually considered starting a post telling everyone that I did not expect an indictment.
derby378
(30,252 posts)Some of you might not even have been born when shit went down over Rodney King in LA.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)USA is a piece of shit. No redeeming qualities left.
arthritisR_US
(7,292 posts)BlindTiresias
(1,563 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)totally expected this.
roody
(10,849 posts)Beringia
(4,316 posts)That person on the news conference did not even sound intelligent.
catbyte
(34,451 posts)November 4. If I could, I would leave this FUCKING place in a heartbeat.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)Robbins
(5,066 posts)I have said this all along this would be result.
eridani
(51,907 posts)Catherine Vincent
(34,491 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)But I am sad.
treestar
(82,383 posts)I figured they'd at least have enough to put him on trial for manslaughter at the very least.
It's appalling to me they didn't at least try him. Even Zimmerman had to go through the trial.