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In reply to the discussion: I think Wilson is a bad cop, quite possibly a racist, but I also think this was an unwinnable case. [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Probably in every other case where they indict African-Americans, in secret, based on a questionable evidence they support that as well but when it comes to Wilson, they do a 180 on grand juries.
Scalia agrees with you -- http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/11/26/3597322/justice-scalia-explains-what-was-wrong-with-the-ferguson-grand-jury/
It isn't hard to find articles stating that it was fair which the unfairness of it is the problem with grand juries in the first place.
So say what you say is true, they could have done the same thing but kept everything a secret like pretty much all grand juries. Instead - you can judge for yourself which is something you can't say about other grand juries -- http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/11/us/ferguson-grand-jury-docs/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
For example I came across this story -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/11/25/the-michael-brown-grand-jury-process-was-fair/
Probably a right winger but I don't care, I have my own reasons for feeling the way I do about grand juries.