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MineralMan

(146,242 posts)
1. I don't plan to read it, and I don't plan to comment on it.
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 04:42 PM
Nov 2014

I have my fingers crossed that whatever happens it won't end in an explosive situation. I can do nothing about any of it.

 

Ykcutnek

(1,305 posts)
2. I could read it ten times and still not understand the large effort to protect a murderer.
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 04:44 PM
Nov 2014

And effectively trade the peace and security of a city for that protection.

 

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)
3. People have alreay found him guilty in their minds
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 04:48 PM
Nov 2014

Why would a grand jury investigation change anything?

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
6. Because hopefully it would (in theory) decrease ever-so-slightly
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 05:15 PM
Nov 2014

the odds of the next young black unarmed male getting gunned down by the cops, fake neighborhood watchmen and other "patriotic" citizens...

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
4. Pretty much what I've been waiting for
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 04:48 PM
Nov 2014

All those who have made up their mind it's murder, or made up their mind it was justified, absent access to all the facts are just showing how irresponsible and immature you are.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
5. I am sure it will be nice and "legal"
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 05:08 PM
Nov 2014

Just like it is legal to torture people, to invade other countries under false pretense, to spy on people, listen in on their calls without a warrant, to imprison people without charge, and to summarily execute them without trial.

The legality has been established and is tolerated in this country, so why read one more example?

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
7. Who here plans on doubling down for Wilson if he is indited?
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 05:17 PM
Nov 2014

Easy game to play, anyone can do it.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
9. Oh, I'm sure we'll see several posters double-down
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 05:27 PM
Nov 2014

We definitely saw it with Zimmerman and all the others...

avebury

(10,951 posts)
10. I won't bother to read it. It is already pretty clear the
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 05:33 PM
Nov 2014

the Prosecution is making no real effort since they are making the Grand Jurors decide everything including what crime if any, Wilson committed. All a Grand Jury is supposed to to is decide if there was sufficient evidence that a crime MIGHT have been committed. It is not supposed to be the one that determines what category of criminal act and it is definitely not supposed to act like a De Facto trial for Wilson. IMO, the whole way that the Prosecutor's Office is running the Grand Jury total negates any validity of findings because they appear to be deliberately stacking the deck in favor of Wilson then presenting a traditional grand jury case.

MrScorpio

(73,630 posts)
11. If the grand jury fails to indict Wilson...
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 05:36 PM
Nov 2014

It would be just another example of the worthlessness of black lives in America.

It's not as if we haven't seen this before.

LeftInTX

(25,046 posts)
12. I don't think the grand jury will indict
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 05:51 PM
Nov 2014

They failed to indict a campus police officer here in San Antonio after he followed a student to his off-campus apartment and killed him at his front door. The student was a white honors student. (Cop wasn't fired either) This case resembles Michael Brown's.

They also failed to indict a Hearne,Texas cop after he killed a 94 yo black woman in her home last year. (The cop was promptly fired)


They apparently are going to release documents after the grand jury's decision. I will probably read news articles that summarize the documents. I have a feeling they aren't going to show a whole lot more than what we already know.

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