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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 01:32 PM Nov 2014

A prominent legal expert eviscerates the Darren Wilson prosecution, in 8 tweets

Following the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, prominent lawyer and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Bloom argued on Twitter that St. Louis County prosecutors did a bad job questioning Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson  about the shooting of Michael Brown . She argued the questioning was basically a "tea party," far from the "grueling session" it should have been.

Read some of Bloom's tweets:

Most trial lawyers like me ENJOY cross-examination. It's where we can really go after inconsistencies and lies. Didn't happen in Ferguson GJ

Lisa Bloom@LisaBloom

So many missed opportunities for cross examination of Wilson. Should have been a grueling session, not the tea party the transcript shows.

http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/25/7285265/darren-wilson-grand-jury

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A prominent legal expert eviscerates the Darren Wilson prosecution, in 8 tweets (Original Post) joeybee12 Nov 2014 OP
she's assuming the prosecutor wanted a true bill, which he clearly did not. unblock Nov 2014 #1
The Grand Jury proceedings were rigged and flawed Gothmog Nov 2014 #2
Apparently some of DU doesn't understand this BrotherIvan Nov 2014 #3
wilson was not prosecuted. he was defended. only defended. brown was prosecuted even tho dead nt msongs Nov 2014 #4
just like trayvon martin...tried and convicted noiretextatique Nov 2014 #5
Robert P. McCulloch: Blood Is Thicker LiberalAndProud Nov 2014 #6

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
3. Apparently some of DU doesn't understand this
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 02:45 PM
Nov 2014

Because there's a thread explaining what a great job the "Democrat" DA did. Just reading excerpts of the transcripts and it is so apparent they softballed this to Wilson. So sickening.

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
6. Robert P. McCulloch: Blood Is Thicker
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 03:17 PM
Nov 2014
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/prosecutor-michael-brown-case-has-deep-family-ties-police-n183911

The prosecutor heading the Michael Brown investigation has a perception problem: When it comes to his impartiality, the jury is still out.

Overseeing possible charges in the shooting death of the unarmed teen falls on St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch, a Missouri native whose police officer father was killed in the line of duty when McCulloch was 12.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._McCulloch_%28prosecutor%29
McCulloch's mother, brother, uncle and cousin also worked for the St. Louis police department. Those close family ties to the police — and a bellwether decision 14 years ago not to prosecute two cops who shot and killed two suspects in a drug bust — have raised doubts about his objectivity ...


Robert P. McCulloch is the Prosecuting Attorney for St. Louis County, Missouri, a post he has held since 1991. A Democrat, he has historically had bipartisan support as a popular prosecutor and has won re-election in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, often unopposed but by wide margins when he has had an opponent.


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