Several Missouri residents file bar complaint against McCulloch's office

[loyalsister]

It looks like he really is going down. Will it push prosecutors across the country to take a professional inventory of their practices and possible biases? That is to be determined, but I think that the awareness of the need for that process is percolating and may prompt some personal and professional soul searching.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – A group of seven Missouri residents have filed a bar complaint against St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch and Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys Kathi Alizadeh and Sheila Whirley in the Handling of the Darren Wilson Grand Jury

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Kudos to the Ferguson protestors!!

“Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead

[Recursion]

1. God I would love to see that guy disbarred... (nt)

[adieu]

7. And tarred and feathered

and dumped into the Mississippi, only to be swept away by the currents down to New Orleans, where the stinking, rotting flesh is picked up and tossed into the Gulf of Mexico.

Piece of scum.

[madokie]

12. Tared and feathered and rode out of town on a rail

[BrotherIvan]

2. Good work!

I hope something is done because what those attorneys did was egregious! They should not be allowed to get away with it.

[easychoice]

3. YEP! Here it comes...

Blow Wind Blow.
HeH!

[Cha]

4. Mahalo, loyalsister! It's not over yet.

[loyalsister]

9. Indeed!

This movement may be every bit as consequential as the civil rights movement. I wonder how long it will take before large masses of white people understand how much they would benefit from the changes protestors have demanded.

If we see any of those reforms, I think it will be satisfying for me to tell white people about what Ferguson protestors did FOR them.

[Cha]

11. Good points!

[zentrum]

5. More than just

…. a "professional inventory of their practices," all prosecutors, nation-wide, need to be recused from any case involving an investigation of police. Prosecutors are too close to police, too friendly, too dependent on their help.

We need a system-wide reform in which an independent outside office always is in charge of grand jury presentations involving police misconduct.

This suit is a great first step.

[loyalsister]

8. "Prosecutors are too close to police, too friendly, too dependent on their help"

I agree. They are essentially co-workers.
The creation of an environment where co-workers protect each other is part of the beauty of organized labor. At the same time, it is possible to go to far. I think that there are times when the union leadership should reconsider the tradition of unconditional support of co-workers.

The prosecutors may not be members of police unions, but they need their support to win elections. With personal and political connections, a bias in favor of defendants in these cases is understandably inevitable. I think such and action would benefit organized labor bodies that are a benefit to the police and other public servants.

We want unions to function as unified bodies that are supportive of members. Removing the political implications of union positions regarding such cases would help to preserve their integrity. I hope that they would support such a proposal.

[gopiscrap]

6. Good hope something comes of it

but I doubt it! They're in cahoots the cops, prosecutors, parole officer, judges they are all crooked as hell!

[loyalsister]

13. Not the bar association

Conservatives in MO see them as an arm of the ACLU. The republicans think this nonpartisan organization is too liberal (probably because it scrutinizes potential appointees). They have tried several times to eliminate the influence of the bar association on judicial appointments.

[ellenrr]

10. yes, "Kudos to the Ferguson protestors." nt