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Michael Brown Shooting

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theprestige said:
No, it does not mean that. It may mean that. It may also mean that the prosecutor personally believes that it is politically necessary to bring the case to trial, and that he has enough evidence to convince a grand jury that such a step is worth taking. It could also mean that the prosecutor is agnostic about whether Wilson committed a crime, but that the prosecutor has enough evidence to convict him whether he committed a crime or not. It could also mean any number of other things about the personal beliefs of the prosecutor.

The nice thing about our justice system is that it recognizes that the prosecutor's personal beliefs, like those of the defense lawyer, are irrelevant to the case, and therefore the system includes processes designed to actively resist influence from his personal beliefs. Whatever you imagine his personal beliefs to be, I recommend you do the same.
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He could have also chose a preliminary hearing. Prosecutors choose grand jury for any number of reasons.
 
shuize said:
I see what I missed ... Thanks.

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Yes, prosecutors would have loved the chance to show this to a judge. Strong-armed robbery with the return to intimidate the shopkeeper back into the store.
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It looks like the little guy starts it and the big guy reacts to that aggression.
 
The Central Scrutinizer said:
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I suspect these "crowds" have no interest in the legal process.
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Sure they do, they want a fair trial, followed a public hanging, unless, of course, crucifixion in the street is an available option. Then I'm sure they've favor the latter.

marplots said:
It looks like the little guy starts it and the big guy reacts to that aggression.
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Seriously?!? :jaw-dropp Heavens to freaking Mergatroid, we've entered Topsy-turvy Land.
 
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marplots said:
It looks like the little guy starts it and the big guy reacts to that aggression.
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That's probably how a lot of these extreme leftist cop haters see it. On another forum (Gawker), a serious poster justified his actions with, "he was being prevented from leaving", as if he had the right to exit the store with stolen goods and his violence toward the clerk was in self-defense.
 
Let's try to be fair.

These are folks who feel, rightly or wrongly, downtrodden by police.
Those demanding "justice" have undoubtedly felt like they backed the wrong horse to some extent, given the revelations about the deceased. But there's an obvious gang problem in the area based on the photos I've seen, and bad relations with those tasked with arresting problem citizens.

We need someone who can bring peace to the area and unify everyone behind peaceful social protest. I'm certain almost everyone in that town is appalled by the looting.
 
Ammonitida said:
That's probably how a lot of these extreme leftist cop haters see it. On another forum (Gawker), a serious poster justified his actions with, "he was being prevented from leaving", as if he had the right to exit the store with stolen goods and his violence toward the clerk was in self-defense.
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marplots didn't really write that post, right? It's such an egregious misreading of who the victim is in that store cam, it has to be a Poe.
 
Monketey Ghost said:
Let's try to be fair.

These are folks who feel, rightly or wrongly, downtrodden by police.
Those demanding "justice" have undoubtedly felt like they backed the wrong horse to some extent, given the revelations about the deceased. But there's an obvious gang problem in the area based on the photos I've seen, and bad relations with those tasked with arresting problem citizens.

We need someone who can bring peace to the area and unify everyone behind peaceful social protest. I'm certain almost everyone in that town is appalled by the looting.
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It has a bit of a Duke Lacrosse feel to it (except the accused party in this case most likely did at least something wrong), in that a community desperately wants a symbol to represent their grievences. I just don't think this is that case.
 
Monketey Ghost said:
Let's try to be fair.

These are folks who feel, rightly or wrongly, downtrodden by police.
Those demanding "justice" have undoubtedly felt like they backed the wrong horse to some extent, given the revelations about the deceased. But there's an obvious gang problem in the area based on the photos I've seen, and bad relations with those tasked with arresting problem citizens.

We need someone who can bring peace to the area and unify everyone behind peaceful social protest. I'm certain almost everyone in that town is appalled by the looting.
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Obviously, a voice of reason that could be heard by all the involved parties would be great.
It seems men ( in the sense of " mankind" , could of course be a woman ) with the chops, ability, and motivation to do something like that don't seem to come along too often in history.
It seems like we have to rely on the " system" here.
 
Caper said:
It has a bit of a Duke Lacrosse feel to it (except the accused party in this case most likely did at least something wrong), in that a community desperately wants a symbol to represent their grievences. I just don't think this is that case.
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Agreed. Hopefully when the protesters are done with the police, they'll turn inward and address local crime in as loud a voice.
 
Mike! said:
My guess is, he's fine and home sleeping off a long, somewhat stressful nights work. This mornings local news hasn't reported any police being seriously harmed through the night.
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He mentioned someone in the crowd firing a shot and police not being able to locate the shooter.
 
I saw the attorney for the Brown family this morning on a cable news channel talking over the headline " Brown family requesting second autopsy ".
Does anyone know if the details of the first one have been released yet?
I wonder why a second one is requested.
 
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