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In reply to the discussion: If you still think the decision of the Michael Brown grand jury was fair or just, you really owe it [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)3. What are the odds that any agency will investigate this?
Unless the US Justice Department gets involved, it's like it never happened.
Locals are looking hard, instead, at taking down Brown's stepfather.
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If you still think the decision of the Michael Brown grand jury was fair or just, you really owe it [View all]
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
OP
Yes, but in this case, a fraud was knowingly perpetrated upon the court, thereby
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#2
The FBI warned this witness before he or she began giving their statement that it was
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#9
Witness #40 should have never reached the grand jury's ears. My God, was anyone who
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#8
Witnesses such as this one who lied (it was a woman by the way) should be charged with perjury.
Nye Bevan
Dec 2014
#5
I've seen conflicting reports about the gender of the witness. The handwriting of the
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#7
Sorry, but you are mistaken. Check out the grand jury docs, volume 15, starting on page 87.
Nye Bevan
Dec 2014
#35
I think you both are 'correct,' insofar as the FBI witness statement was presented to
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#43
I doubt you will be here very long, but for the record, Brown was not a 'criminal'
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#15
"Appoint a special prosecutor." I wouldnt oppose that as long as the goal is only
cstanleytech
Dec 2014
#21
The point is to have a prosecutor not beholden to local law enforcement. Presumably,
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#23
I take your point, but would note that such a concern never stopped Archibald Cox (Watergate) nor
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#37
Yeah, as scummy a fellow as I think this killer cop Wilson was and is, he pales before
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#22
Posting links without explication is somewhat bad form. This links to a piece about
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#26
Would you be able to judge accurately whether a distance was 100 yards, 75 yards or 50 yards
Nye Bevan
Dec 2014
#36
Wow! "It is only possible to prove Michael Brown should have died if you are willing to lie!"
IdaBriggs
Dec 2014
#46
This may be the first time im my life that I've spent time with actual court
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#33
I have read Johnson's testimony and find it to be the only story which matches
BrotherIvan
Dec 2014
#40
I have not read it, but the ADA was absolutely shameless in getting Wilson off
BrotherIvan
Dec 2014
#44
Trust me, the testimony of Witness #40 should be left for such a time as you have the
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#34
Re: the Johnson gold bracelet. She admitted to the FBI that she did some post-hoc
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#55
I know, and I've been smacking down Facebook Klowns who cite it as evidence of Wilson's innocence
librechik
Dec 2014
#38
Anyone silly enough to cite Witness #40 to support justifiable homicide should be
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#41
Do store clerks in MO ask for ID on tobacco purchases like they do in other states? Is THAT what
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#45
If you can see him throw money then that is almost certainly what it was
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#50
What I've often wondered is, given that Mike Brown had lived with his grandmother
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#51
There may have been little time for Mike to explain to Dorian what the story was
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#52
That is about as concise an explanation as I've read thus far (and I think on the whole
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#53