Lawrence O'Donell is eviscerating the Missouri Ass't Prosecutors

[irisblue]

I hope it will be up on line later, geez did those prosecutors foul up. For the record, Missouri Grand Jurors, The Supreme Court trumps outdated Missouri laws.

[ctaylors6]

1. What channel is that?

I'm sorry I don't watch news on TV often enough to know where to look, and I've really been wanting to hear from or about the two assistants who were actually in the deliberations since McCulloch wasn't except for an opening statement.

[elleng]

2. MSNBC.

[elleng]

3. Quite amazing.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. I knew I should have watched that show tonight

even though I'm feeling a little Ferguson burnout and need to get away from the outraged state I've been in for the last couple of days.

[rwheeler31]

5. That was astounding.

The Governor needs to get a new prosecutor and start over.

[Rex]

6. It's easy to do, the report is a joke.

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This is supposed to be another 'nothing here move along' moment that people are so accustomed to when dealing with the police in that area. IMO.

The problem is that people all around the world can see what is going on. Cops cannot just hide systematic brutality anymore - unless evidently you work on the force for the county and the areas around it. No wonder they don't having working cameras.

The grand jury heard evidence in favor of officer Wilson. Must be nice to have the DA defend you against the victim.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

7. As he should be. Either amazing incompetence, or

a conspiracy to deprive the victim of his civil rights.

Hard to believe that even Missouri prosecutors could be that stupid.

[jillan]

8. Lawrence is my favorite on msnbc. I almost always learn something new listening to his show.

[BlueCaliDem]

27. Same here, jillan. I LOVE Lawrence O'Donnell! I've learned so much from him from Francis Perkins

pushing FDR (who was opposed to men drawing social services) for Social Security to details being overlooked by M$M in the Michael Brown GJ case, exposing the incompetence of Missouri prosecutors, not in how they conducted the prosecution of Michael Brown instead of his murderer, but in the fact they didn't hide their biases and motives very well as they became Officer Wilson's defense attorneys.

[Spazito]

9. That was absolutely riveting as well as completely infuriating...

The ADA assigned to the Grand Jury case gave the jurors a statute that had been ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court in 1985, she gave this to the jurors BEFORE wilson testified. This unconstitutional statute allowed police officers to shoot suspects if they were fleeing.
She did NOT correct her 'mistake' until the jury were nearing deliberation and did not explain what the change was at all. She did say, some of the original statute was still good and left it at that. When a juror asked if the US Supreme Court overruled Missouri statutes and the answer given was "Don't worry about that now".

Oh, and the unconstitutional statute she gave them had not been in use since BEFORE she became a prosecuting attorney.

There is NO WAY IN HELL this wasn't done deliberately, NO WAY.

[irisblue]

10. Thanks Spazito

nice summation.

[Spazito]

14. I have to tell you I could not normally give a summation like this from memory but...

what Lawrence O'Donnell was revealing was searing, it stayed with me. I was completely horrified as made clear what the effect on the jury this horrendous behavior would have.

[Number23]

18. Wow! Did anyone say anything about the case maybe still going to trial as a result?

Oh God, one could only hope.

[Spazito]

19. No, Lawrence O'Donnell was just laying out what was done...

by the ADA, Kathi Alizdeh, his utter disgust was palpable. I hope the DOJ is investigating this somehow!

[PDJane]

11. That fact alone should invalidate the jury decision.

[BlueCaliDem]

28. Yep. 100% in agreement. There needs to be a trial and there needs to be one A.S.A.P.

They've taken their ever-loving time - three freaking months! - for this GJ "investigation". Now they need to file a lawsuit against Officer Wilson and Prosecutor McCulloch and his staff. These people are trying to get away with murder.

[hollysmom]

12. I know, and now they went to jail.

boo.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Unfortunately, it won't be repeated tonight as it usually is

Instead of repeating the prime time lineup, after Lawrence, MSNBC went straight to prison.

[octoberlib]

15. The video's up. Click on Latest Videos

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word

[JDPriestly]

23. I don't subscribe to cable and therefore can't watch it. Can you please summarize?

Thanks.

I do not have time to watch cable and don't want to subscribe because when you subscribe to cable, you have to take Fox and because it is too expensive to have both cable and internet. We have chosen internet.

[irisblue]

24. post 9, spazitos' summation is good.

[Beaverhausen]

16. Holy shit. This is unreal.

[Kalidurga]

17. Lawrence O'Donnell and his guests actually have eviscerated the whole system

and they are right there is something inherently wrong with the whole damn system.

[lonestarnot]

20. KKKer aren't going to get away with their shit.

[valerief]

21. Shouldn't presenting that invalid law to the grand jury invalidate the ruling? nt

[3catwoman3]

22. Lawrence is a master...

...of evisceration.

[azmom]

25. I saw it.

This needs more exposure. What they did was egregious.

[Gothmog]

26. The process was flawed and designed to produce a no bill