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In reply to the discussion: My nephew is a 29 year cop said this about Ferguson. [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)20. The prosecutor should go to jail for what?
Absent criminality like provable bribery, blackmail, etc., a prosecutor is under no obligation to pursue any potentially criminal matter. McCulloch was free to lawfully not seek an indictment against Wilson, and present any evidence and testimony he chose to the grand jury, even including a recommendation that they not vote to indict. This is the very essence of prosecutorial discretion.
Strongly disagreeing with McCulloch's perception and choices in the case is certainly appropriate, but there is nothing to indicate that he broke the law or any rules of professional conduct.
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Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown are "d-bags"? Do you think Zimmerman was ok in shooting
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#55
What is this with rw'er a and their obsession with alpha. Really says something not
seabeyond
Dec 2014
#76
there are cops in my family and prison guards and I am one semester away from a bachelors
roguevalley
Nov 2014
#30
I've wondered off and on whether the gloating boast of that shitstain Ancuna
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#70
I recommended a previous thread of yours where you said Wilson is guilty of bad police work.
John1956PA
Nov 2014
#11
it's actually very relevant that he can't tell if the confrontation was necessarily racial,
MisterP
Nov 2014
#12
Doctors are mot sued for making "stupid" choices, however, they may be liable for "negligence."
branford
Nov 2014
#21
Johnnie Cochran made his name and got rich over the repeated negligence of the LAPD
kwassa
Nov 2014
#67
I certainly understand the frustration, particularly in a case like the Brown shooting.
branford
Nov 2014
#25
"5- If all of this was in accordance to Wilson's training, an idiot trained him." I've read in this
Cal33
Nov 2014
#22
No disrespect to the nephew but he is demonstrating what must be baseline wisdom for the position.
TheKentuckian
Nov 2014
#33
Great post. I think my FIL - 25+ years in law enforcement, 23 more in military - would say similar.
Hoyt
Nov 2014
#31
Like the King beating. Even if every word the cops said initially was true, it should have
brewens
Nov 2014
#39
I remember my dad, a cop for 30 years, being disgusted and horrified by what those LAPD cops did to
catbyte
Nov 2014
#40
The right wing yahoos seem to think Wilson was required by law to chase and stop him.
Hoyt
Nov 2014
#44
Your nephew sounds like a decent human being and competent law enforcement officer,
Enthusiast
Nov 2014
#46
Plausible interpretation. A cowardly scumbag starting shit instead of defusing it.
True Blue Door
Nov 2014
#49
This is why I support hugely increasing cop pay and hiring fewer of them.
True Blue Door
Nov 2014
#60
Agree, I do not understand why Wilson and others can't just walk away. Grow up already I say!
OrwellwasRight
Dec 2014
#103
Your nephew sounds like a police officer with lots of commone sense and good training
TxVietVet
Dec 2014
#86