Watch Live: Ferguson Grand Jury Decision
Here’s the live video of Bob McCullogh’s statement on the Darren Wilson grand jury decision.
Here’s the live video of Bob McCullogh’s statement on the Darren Wilson grand jury decision.
2 | Dr. Matt Nov 24, 2014 6:13:00pm |
BREAKING Times Square, America and the world wait for the #Ferguson decision. #MichaelBrown #DarrenWilson pic.twitter.com/3El8L7eInr
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) November 25, 2014
3 | lawhawk Nov 24, 2014 6:13:10pm |
They deleted the tweet.
BREAKING: Darren Wilson NOT indicted by #Ferguson grand jury. Our statement http://t.co/hbj7Z0UYPK
— SPLC (@splcenter) November 25, 2014
5 | teleskiguy Nov 24, 2014 6:13:39pm |
The danger of a non-indictment in #Ferguson is not more riots, it is more Darren Wilsons.— Dr. Naseem Beauchman (@DoctorNas) November 25, 2014
6 | Franklin Nov 24, 2014 6:13:45pm |
7 | Shiplord Kirel Nov 24, 2014 6:13:55pm |
The DA has the undivided attention of the whole world and he has pissed on them by stalling. “Hey, look at me!” That’s just how a trashy yokel behaves when he has some unexpected attention.
8 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:14:09pm |
9 | psddluva4evah Nov 24, 2014 6:14:10pm |
This whole delay did nothing but raise tension and leads to festering and simmering anger.
10 | Viscous Obama Nov 24, 2014 6:14:16pm |
ITT: Why there are only 14 Democratic governors in America
11 | Franklin Nov 24, 2014 6:14:56pm |
Two-minute warning.— Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) November 25, 2014
15 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:16:07pm |
Pasty face police guy here and giving thanks…
16 | Egregious Philbin Nov 24, 2014 6:16:09pm |
Let me guess, cops get to kill black kids…
18 | goddamnedfrank Nov 24, 2014 6:16:33pm |
re: #7 Shiplord Kirel
The DA has the undivided attention of the whole world and he has pissed on them by stalling. “Hey, look at me!” That’s just how a trashy yokel behaves when he has some unexpected attention.
Call me cynical, but the timing of this smacks of a put up job. Wouldn’t be surprised of one or more of the networks paid or otherwise induced the D.A. with promises if he would delay the announcement until prime time for max viewership and ad revenue.
21 | Jenner7 Nov 24, 2014 6:17:09pm |
This guy…..wow. Already making excuses.
Fuck this…SHUT IT DOWN #Ferguson
22 | bill d Nov 24, 2014 6:17:25pm |
So Darren Wilson should be back at work tomorrow AM then.
25 | Targetpractice Nov 24, 2014 6:17:46pm |
Wow, shocker, white cop walks for killing black teen. Whoever could have seen that coming?
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26 | lawhawk Nov 24, 2014 6:17:47pm |
Ferguson had national guard and state of emergency as a result of a cop killing an unarmed black man and the likelihood of a failure to return an indictment.
Yet, no one was going to hold the Bundy Ranch extremists responsible for taking aim on federal law enforcement. No state of emergency. Nothing.
Where was the National Guard here? Hmm pic.twitter.com/BghsOBrOoM— philip harris (@pharris830) November 25, 2014
And here we go with McCullough’s statements are on… as is his obfuscation about what happened in the days after the shooting and the improper evidence gathering and failures of policy and procedures - to simply claim that that was not the case.
27 | Decatur Deb Nov 24, 2014 6:17:58pm |
28 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:18:03pm |
“Deepest sympathies” my ass.
“…Michael Brown was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson.”
That’s the fact. Additionally, Brown was unarmed and leaving.
Are they going to sweep that under the rug now?
29 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:18:08pm |
31 | jaunte Nov 24, 2014 6:18:14pm |
McCulloch all “social media filled with speculation, little if any accurate information” WHAT DID YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU ALL STONEWALLED???
— ClinicEscort (@ClinicEscort) November 25, 2014
32 | bill d Nov 24, 2014 6:18:46pm |
re: #23 Kragar
Wish the video feed worked
No you don’t. Typical cookie cutter republican looking guy in a cheap suit and obligatory boring conservative red tie.
33 | HappyWarrior Nov 24, 2014 6:19:31pm |
McCullouch should have recused himself immediately.
34 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:19:40pm |
Blame the liberal media…check those boxes, asshole…
35 | TedStriker Nov 24, 2014 6:19:42pm |
36 | #FergusonFireside Nov 24, 2014 6:19:50pm |
37 | bill d Nov 24, 2014 6:19:50pm |
38 | jamesfirecat Nov 24, 2014 6:19:51pm |
Sucks, sucks, sucks sucks, sucks, sucks…. IT SUCKS!
39 | Blizard Nov 24, 2014 6:20:01pm |
I just saw a guy holding his 2-3 y/o kid on his shoulders. SMH. This is not a holiday parade!!!
Prayers to Ferguson tonight.
40 | Shiplord Kirel Nov 24, 2014 6:20:12pm |
The feed failed for me (spinning wheel of death). Did the obstructionist, delaying asshole give some sort of plain English indication of yes or no on the indictment?
43 | Egregious Philbin Nov 24, 2014 6:20:41pm |
Funny, he isn’t mentioning all the liars that said the officer had an orbital fracture…
46 | nearly-headless smith25 Nov 24, 2014 6:21:06pm |
Apparently Mike Brown was shot and killed by social media.
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) November 25, 2014
47 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Nov 24, 2014 6:21:10pm |
Out of curiosity, I wonder what the turnout was in Ferguson this election? I ask because I was so disgusted at the Dems’ turnout across the country, virtually abdicating power to the wingnuts.
48 | Sionainn Nov 24, 2014 6:21:18pm |
49 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:21:36pm |
This is how they will refute anybody giving the “hands up” testimony.
50 | DodgerFan1988 Nov 24, 2014 6:21:56pm |
This District Attorney sounds like a talking head on Fox News.
51 | Viscous Obama Nov 24, 2014 6:21:58pm |
What happens to the evidence in the event Wilson gets off?
52 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Nov 24, 2014 6:22:44pm |
My 15 year old daughter is watching. First time I noticed her interested in something beyond her phone
53 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:22:58pm |
For one thing, if you are to one side and see the officer fire and then see Brown jerk or move in some way you would conclude that Brown was shot in the back.
54 | Indy GOP Refugee Nov 24, 2014 6:22:59pm |
re: #51 Viscous Obama
What happens to the evidence in the event Wilson gets off?
Most of it gets buried.
55 | Sionainn Nov 24, 2014 6:23:06pm |
re: #40 Shiplord Kirel
The feed failed for me (spinning wheel of death). Did the obstructionist, delaying asshole give some sort of plain English indication of yes or no on the indictment?
Nope. He’s still blathering.
56 | Kid A Nov 24, 2014 6:23:11pm |
re: #50 DodgerFan1988
This District Attorney sounds like a talking head on Fox News.
Because he’s applying for a job there after this.
57 | Jenner7 Nov 24, 2014 6:23:17pm |
Police behind the #Ferguson PD seen suiting up. All bad.— Charles Wade (@akacharleswade) November 25, 2014
I am sick….
58 | jaunte Nov 24, 2014 6:23:18pm |
“The real villain is the 24 hour news cycle.” There is an unarmed dead young man. Sociopath.
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) November 25, 2014
59 | Kragar Nov 24, 2014 6:23:33pm |
re: #51 Viscous Obama
What happens to the evidence in the event Wilson gets off?
Justice department gets to look at it and it become once hell of a civil case when the family sues for wrongful death
60 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:23:41pm |
There were 1 Black male, 2 Black females, 6 white males, 3 white women on Grand Jury.
63 | lawhawk Nov 24, 2014 6:24:40pm |
re: #51 Viscous Obama
What happens to the evidence in the event Wilson gets off?
It would typically remain sealed and secret. No one would ever get to see it.
64 | Targetpractice Nov 24, 2014 6:24:54pm |
re: #60 Justanotherhuman
There were 1 Black male, 2 Black females, 6 white males, 3 white women on Grand Jury.
Ah, a jury of Wilson’s peers, drawing from the local community, I see.
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65 | Shazam Nov 24, 2014 6:24:56pm |
Did he apologize to Wilson on behalf of everyone in Ferguson yet? How about polishing his knob on air?
67 | jaunte Nov 24, 2014 6:25:15pm |
The prosecutor is making his best case for the defense.
— jay smooth (@jsmooth995) November 25, 2014
73 | Sherlock Hound Nov 24, 2014 6:26:14pm |
re: #47 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
It’s a kind of cruel joke when there are no candidates who could engage with the minority voters there. I dunno how strong the Dems are down in MO, but I’m not surprised.
75 | DodgerFan1988 Nov 24, 2014 6:26:32pm |
He’s basically calling the eye witnesses liars.
76 | Charles Johnson Nov 24, 2014 6:26:38pm |
There it is. Wilson walks.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 25, 2014
78 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:27:03pm |
Let’s see if they say he charged the cop like a big black super bull.
79 | Decatur Deb Nov 24, 2014 6:27:07pm |
80 | Skip Intro Nov 24, 2014 6:27:21pm |
When does Wilson go on Fox to be comforted by Hannity for his long ordeal?
82 | Shiplord Kirel Nov 24, 2014 6:27:51pm |
Finally. 27 minutes late for no good reason at all.
I wouldn’t hire this doofus McCulloch as a mail boy.
84 | TedStriker Nov 24, 2014 6:27:55pm |
re: #73 Sherlock Hound
It’s a kind of cruel joke when there are no candidates who could engage with the minority voters there. I dunno how strong the Dems are down in MO, but I’m not surprised.
Governor Jay Nixon’s a Democrat.
Take that as you will.
85 | becominginvisible Nov 24, 2014 6:28:10pm |
re: #73 Sherlock Hound
A large number of ‘Democrats” are Republicans that switched to avoid running as Republicans. They don’t change their ideology, just the label.
87 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:28:25pm |
So, Brown was killed for allegedly taking a few cheap cigarillos?
For chrissakes.
88 | nearly-headless smith25 Nov 24, 2014 6:28:45pm |
Ohhhh. So Officer Wilson heard about the robbery when THE FERGUSON PD SAID NUMEROUS TIMES HE DIDNT KNOW. #Ferguson #NoIndictment
— Elon James White (@elonjames) November 25, 2014
89 | funky chicken Nov 24, 2014 6:28:45pm |
re: #63 lawhawk
It would typically remain sealed and secret. No one would ever get to see it.
That’s a shame. Can the jurors reveal anything in media interviews? Anderson Cooper and Don Lemmon are working to get them, as are many others I’m sure.
91 | RadicalModerate Nov 24, 2014 6:28:51pm |
re: #60 Justanotherhuman
There were 1 Black male, 2 Black females, 6 white males, 3 white women on Grand Jury.
So, we’re talking about your basic Jim Crow-era grand jury that was made famous in Mississippi during the early 1960s.
92 | Targetpractice Nov 24, 2014 6:28:54pm |
Well, now that we’ve heard from WIlson’s defense attorney, when does the prosecutor speak…oh wait, that was the prosecutor…huh..
94 | Indy GOP Refugee Nov 24, 2014 6:28:56pm |
Oh shit there it goes…Al Jaz video People running
95 | Archangelus Nov 24, 2014 6:29:06pm |
re: #84 TedStriker
Governor Jay Nixon’s a Democrat…Take that as you will.
How about “very very badly”? Hope his career is finished for good after this…
96 | Belafon Nov 24, 2014 6:29:13pm |
re: #64 Targetpractice
The grand jury was drawn from the county, which is majority white.
Not an excuse for not indicting, just the make up of the jury.
97 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:29:17pm |
So much for the hands up…no comment at all
98 | lawhawk Nov 24, 2014 6:29:33pm |
So, moments after saying no true bill and no indictment on any charges, he’s talking about the incident at the market?
Now, he's going on about the unrelated incident at the market? The fix was in. And still is.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 25, 2014
The fix was always in, and had McCullough truly wanted an indictment, he could have presented the evidence accordingly. He chose not to.
This is on him, no matter how much he thinks he could pawn it off on the GJ.
It was his prosecutors who presented the case to the GJ. It was his office who framed the case, provided the context, and the order of the case.
It is on them. It is on him.
99 | jaunte Nov 24, 2014 6:29:56pm |
re: #87 Justanotherhuman
So, Brown was killed for allegedly taking a few cheap cigarillos?
For chrissakes.
He was killed for not jumping fast enough when Wilson told him to “get the fuck out of the street.”
100 | DodgerFan1988 Nov 24, 2014 6:29:58pm |
It sounds like he’s reading the Conservatives talking point memo.
101 | Shazam Nov 24, 2014 6:30:09pm |
*fingers crossed* Say orbital blowout fracture. Say orbital blowout fracture.
102 | The Vicious Fergushka Nov 24, 2014 6:30:17pm |
RT @michaelhayes: Brown family statement #FergusonDecision pic.twitter.com/BD21jJ6JXz— Michael Rusch (@weeddude) November 25, 2014
103 | William Barnett-Lewis Nov 24, 2014 6:30:32pm |
re: #95 Archangelus
How about “very very badly”? Hope his career is finished for good after this…
Are you kidding? This GUARANTEED his reelection by the happy white folks of Missouri. That’s why he’s acted this way.
Justice is poison in America.
104 | missliberties Nov 24, 2014 6:30:46pm |
The best thing the protesters could possibly do is remain peaceful.
The police would love to shoot a few more n*****s
105 | ObserverArt Nov 24, 2014 6:30:50pm |
re: #83 ObserverArt
It’s all Browns fault.
I should have put the sarc tags up. I meant this is how it is being painted.
106 | Decatur Deb Nov 24, 2014 6:30:53pm |
re: #96 Belafon
The grand jury was drawn from the county, which is majority white.
Not an excuse for not indicting, just the make up of the jury.
And IIRC, it was in place before the shooting, not selected for this case.
107 | HappyWarrior Nov 24, 2014 6:31:06pm |
108 | Shazam Nov 24, 2014 6:31:06pm |
I don’t know how he couldn’t get an indictment, with his case fully prepared by Fox News and all.
109 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Nov 24, 2014 6:31:13pm |
re: #95 Archangelus
How about “very very badly”? Hope his career is finished for good after this…
Are you kidding? WHo’s going to bother showing up to vote against him?
110 | RadicalModerate Nov 24, 2014 6:31:28pm |
re: #87 Justanotherhuman
So, Brown was killed for allegedly taking a few cheap cigarillos?
For chrissakes.
He was killed for being a black person who talked back to a white police officer who has a demonstrated history of being a power-tripping thug.
112 | Belafon Nov 24, 2014 6:32:56pm |
re: #106 Decatur Deb
The lack of indictment is entirely on the prosecutor, who wanted to make sure Wilson wasn’t charged.
113 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:33:01pm |
re: #110 RadicalModerate
He was killed for being a black person who talked back to a white police officer who has a demonstrated history of being a power-tripping thug.
Well, of course—but the “theft” was the basic rationale—at least that’s what McCulloch alleges.
114 | alpuzzzzz (I, R & sometimes why?) Nov 24, 2014 6:33:19pm |
My money’s on a flurry of articles whitesplaining this whole thing away. Starting tonight. It’s almost like they’ve already been written and approved.
115 | darthstar Nov 24, 2014 6:33:32pm |
For a DA, this guy makes a hell of a defense attorney. #Ferguson— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) November 25, 2014
116 | Dr. Matt Nov 24, 2014 6:33:43pm |
Protestors in #Seattle after no indictment in #Ferguson case pic.twitter.com/nRnh7fcDBo
— Nick McGurk (@NickKIRO7) November 25, 2014
117 | RadicalModerate Nov 24, 2014 6:33:48pm |
re: #104 missliberties
The best thing the protesters could possibly do is remain peaceful.
The police would love to shoot a few more n*****s
You really think that a peaceful protest would stop them? There’s more than a few of them who want to see a massacre of non-whites.
118 | jaunte Nov 24, 2014 6:33:49pm |
@scATX He's also presenting several different versions of the story, all as evidentiary fact. Holy shit.
— Hubbit (@hubbit) November 25, 2014
120 | darthstar Nov 24, 2014 6:33:54pm |
Wearing a red hat in St Louis during baseball season? Gee…what are the odds of that?— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) November 25, 2014
121 | Kragar Nov 24, 2014 6:34:13pm |
All of this shit? The variance in eyewitness testimony? This is the shit you work out AT TRIAL.— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) November 25, 2014
123 | nearly-headless smith25 Nov 24, 2014 6:35:07pm |
Deep. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/bjSldGGAmL
— Syd ☮ (@sydney_verde) November 25, 2014
124 | HappyWarrior Nov 24, 2014 6:35:09pm |
He’s seriously using the theft of the cigars?!? Fuck this. If Alex Holmes and Jared Loughner can be apprehended alive after mass murder then Mike Brown can for a misdemeanor. Oh wait they were white:
125 | Targetpractice Nov 24, 2014 6:35:23pm |
re: #121 Kragar
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Think some folks don’t get that this was a trial. Specifically it was Michael Brown put on trial. And, wouldn’t you know it, the dead man lost because the living and breathing cop could make up whatever story he liked.
126 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:35:35pm |
128 | Jenner7 Nov 24, 2014 6:36:03pm |
The government story is this: Mike Brown gets shot, runs 148 feet away, and then decides to kill himself by running into a hail of bullets.— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) November 25, 2014
129 | DodgerFan1988 Nov 24, 2014 6:36:18pm |
The right wing is celebrating. Disgusting. theblaze.com
130 | Viscous Obama Nov 24, 2014 6:36:20pm |
It’s like they did everything in their power to wind up the citizens
Wow
131 | The Vicious Fergushka Nov 24, 2014 6:36:21pm |
Mr. President,wht exactly do you have to say? midterm elections did not repudiate you,the bullet in this boy's back did. #FergusonDecision— Michael W. Twitty (@KosherSoul) November 25, 2014
132 | Dr. Matt Nov 24, 2014 6:36:27pm |
So, it sounds like there a dozen different versions of the event….shouldn’t these stories be worked out in an actual trial?
133 | Kragar Nov 24, 2014 6:36:54pm |
This bullshit tonight reminds me why I won't fucking set foot in some places in this country. Corrupt motherfucking good ole boys.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 25, 2014
134 | Aye Pod Nov 24, 2014 6:36:58pm |
Disgraceful - a terrible day for black people in America, and America itself.
135 | Decatur Deb Nov 24, 2014 6:37:06pm |
re: #132 Dr. Matt
So, it sounds like there a dozen different versions of the event….shouldn’t these stories be worked out in an actual trial?
Made-for-TV movie.
136 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:37:22pm |
So they made no attempt to actually figure out whether he had his hands up.
137 | HappyWarrior Nov 24, 2014 6:37:27pm |
re: #132 Dr. Matt
So, it sounds like there a dozen different versions of the event….shouldn’t these stories be worked out in an actual trial?
Yeah you don’t say. Sigh. Heartbroken here.
138 | becominginvisible Nov 24, 2014 6:37:37pm |
It is just sickening. Having served on a jury that the evidence should have found guilt, and the way the law was written we couldn’t convict. I can’t blame the jury. They may have tried with what they were given. I do blame McCulloch and the Ferguson PD. I’m going to finish my gin drinky and go to bed. Hope everyone stays safe. Hope McCulloch shoots himself a bit higher than his foot.
139 | jaunte Nov 24, 2014 6:37:45pm |
This is a master class in reifying state violence and white supremacy.
— Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) November 25, 2014
140 | Franklin Nov 24, 2014 6:37:47pm |
The system ain't broke. It's fixed.— Bearded Stoner (@beardedstoner) November 25, 2014
141 | lawhawk Nov 24, 2014 6:37:58pm |
re: #124 HappyWarrior
Heck, if cop killer Eric Frein and mass murdering bomber Eric Rudolph could be captured alive without shots fired… then sure as hell could a jaywalker be apprehended without a shot fired.
142 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:37:59pm |
re: #132 Dr. Matt
So, it sounds like there a dozen different versions of the event….shouldn’t these stories be worked out in an actual trial?
This is why grand juries are so hated.
If this prosecutor had any balls at all, he’d go ahead and charge Wilson.
143 | Dr. Matt Nov 24, 2014 6:37:59pm |
How is this asshole STILL TALKING? #Ferguson
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) November 25, 2014
144 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:38:26pm |
Last shot through the top of his head. Execution.
145 | Shazam Nov 24, 2014 6:39:04pm |
re: #138 becominginvisible
It is just sickening. Having served on a jury that the evidence should have found guilt, and the way the law was written we couldn’t convict. I can’t blame the jury. They may have tried with what they were given. I do blame McCulloch and the Ferguson PD. I’m going to finish my gin drinky and go to bed. Hope everyone stays safe. Hope McCulloch shoots himself a bit higher than his foot.
This wasn’t a trial. The grand jury looked at all the contradictory facts and said, “Nah, it’s prob no big deal. Nothing to have a whole big trial over.”
146 | blueraven Nov 24, 2014 6:39:11pm |
There was, in essence, a secret trial and Michael Brown was found guilty.
This. Is. Wrong.
147 | Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing Nov 24, 2014 6:39:19pm |
Hell, they captured Timothy McVeigh alive!
148 | becominginvisible Nov 24, 2014 6:39:21pm |
re: #122 Indy GOP Refugee
(Apparently no one who was allowed to testify.)
149 | HappyWarrior Nov 24, 2014 6:39:49pm |
re: #141 lawhawk
Heck, if cop killer Eric Frein and mass murdering bomber Eric Rudolph could be captured alive without shots fired… then sure as hell could a jaywalker be apprehended without a shot fired.
Yeah seriously. This has me angry and disgusted. Just sick.
150 | Targetpractice Nov 24, 2014 6:40:12pm |
re: #142 Justanotherhuman
This is why grand juries are so hated.
If this prosecutor had any balls at all, he’d go ahead and charge Wilson.
It’s not balls he lacks, it’s a fucking conscience, an understanding of right and wrong. When this man looks at a picture of Michael Brown, he doesn’t see a young man cut down in the prime of his life. He sees another of “them,” a black man just like the one that killed his father, and figures that if a cop says he had no choice but to shoot, then he’s telling the truth.
McCullough wasn’t in this to see justice done. He was in this to protect his own.
151 | Skip Intro Nov 24, 2014 6:40:16pm |
McCullough just leapfrogged over Romney as the GOP favorite for pres in 2016.
153 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:40:37pm |
re: #149 HappyWarrior
Yeah seriously. This has me angry and disgusted. Just sick.
PA spent $11M capturing Fein. MO couldn’t spend $1M prosecuting Wilson.
154 | Viscous Obama Nov 24, 2014 6:41:00pm |
The Onion’s on point tonight
It's hard to believe the announcement of a no-indictment is actually worse than the fact of the no-indictment, but it is. #FergusonDecision— God (@TheTweetOfGod) November 25, 2014
155 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:41:10pm |
Now he is lecturing us about the “conversation”.
156 | Jenner7 Nov 24, 2014 6:41:26pm |
“These witnesses did not make any statements to the media.” Huge statement. So many witnesses trashed their testimony.— Chris King (@chriskingstl) November 25, 2014
Does this mean, the 6 that went to the news to tell their story didn’t get to testify???
157 | Archangelus Nov 24, 2014 6:41:54pm |
re: #133 Kragar
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Wish I could upding this more than once, so damn on the mark.
And this whole farce is just infuriating and wrong on so many levels..
158 | The Vicious Fergushka Nov 24, 2014 6:41:55pm |
Michael Brown has been executed, convicted, and tried, in that order. #FergusonDecision #tcot #UniteBlue— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) November 25, 2014
159 | Belafon Nov 24, 2014 6:42:08pm |
re: #131 The Vicious Fergushka
I understand people are angry, but I’m not getting this one. What could Obama have done to change the indictment?
160 | ObserverArt Nov 24, 2014 6:42:11pm |
I’d like to ask this prosecutor if he thinks all this would have gone down the same way if a nice clean white kid stole some cheap cigars and was later seen by a white cop?
161 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:42:29pm |
re: #150 Targetpractice
It’s not balls he lacks, it’s a fucking conscience, an understanding of right and wrong. When this man looks at a picture of Michael Brown, he doesn’t see a young man cut down in the prime of his life. He sees another of “them,” a black man just like the one that killed his father, and figures that if a cop says he had no choice but to shoot, then he’s telling the truth.
McCullough wasn’t in this to see justice done. He was in this to protect his own.
In order to get justice for any citizen of this country, you do need balls.
MLK had balls. And so did plenty of others.
March on, my brothers and sisters, march on. We need a revival of justice.
162 | jaunte Nov 24, 2014 6:42:38pm |
So, in St Louis, it is acceptable, reasonable, and without fault to, fire a cloud of bullets at an unarmed person. Note taken. #Ferguson
— Stepp (@Steppinrazzr) November 25, 2014
163 | missliberties Nov 24, 2014 6:42:43pm |
That white guy in a suit at the podium is having a hard time not smirking, speaking of smirking monkeys.
164 | Targetpractice Nov 24, 2014 6:43:14pm |
re: #162 jaunte
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He was armed! He was big and black! That’s as dangerous as a gun!!!
167 | teleskiguy Nov 24, 2014 6:44:20pm |
My heart is broken.
One of the great injustices in American History. RT @michaelhayes: Brown family statement #FergusonDecision pic.twitter.com/O7K9Oo3zj3— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) November 25, 2014
168 | Indy GOP Refugee Nov 24, 2014 6:44:31pm |
So it’s okay to shoot an unarmed teen for walking toward you after taking maybe a punch to the face.
Fuck.
169 | becominginvisible Nov 24, 2014 6:44:43pm |
re: #165 Indy GOP Refugee
According to McCulloch only the ones that didn’t fit Wilson’s version.
170 | HappyWarrior Nov 24, 2014 6:44:49pm |
There have been other Michael Browns since Ferguson and there will continue to be as long as there are cops like Wilson and prosecutors like McCullouch.
171 | Jenner7 Nov 24, 2014 6:44:51pm |
The mere fact that he was running away should garner an indictment. His body was over 100 feet from the police car.
172 | OhNoZombies! Nov 24, 2014 6:44:57pm |
re: #159 Belafon
I understand people are angry, but I’m not getting this one. What could Obama have done to change the indictment?
Some people believe that Obama can still be a community activist.
173 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:45:14pm |
Yeah, the “evidence” you cooked up, Mr. Prosecutor and presented to this grand jury.
174 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:45:44pm |
re: #168 Indy GOP Refugee
So it’s okay to shoot an unarmed teen for walking toward you after taking maybe a punch to the face.
Fuck.
Police have a lot of leeway to use lethal force in this country. That needs to change…but it won’t. We still have a frontier/cowboy approach to policing in some ways.
175 | Decatur Deb Nov 24, 2014 6:46:01pm |
re: #172 OhNoZombies!
Some people believe that Obama can still be a community activist.
Then he and Holder had better fucking hurry up.
177 | William Barnett-Lewis Nov 24, 2014 6:46:28pm |
re: #168 Indy GOP Refugee
So it’s okay to shoot an unarmed teen for walking toward you after taking maybe a punch to the face.
Fuck.
“Murder is a crime
Unless it is done by a policeman… “
178 | jaunte Nov 24, 2014 6:46:33pm |
I was expecting a miscarriage of justice but even I underestimated the sheer malice & knife-twisting that would accompany it.
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) November 25, 2014
179 | Jenner7 Nov 24, 2014 6:46:57pm |
All black witnesses said he was charging Wilson. I don’t believe it.
180 | Franklin Nov 24, 2014 6:46:59pm |
McCulloch: The whole world is watching how we respond and how we react.— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) November 25, 2014
Ain’t that rich
181 | #FergusonFireside Nov 24, 2014 6:47:29pm |
re: #171 Jenner7
The mere fact that he was running away should garner an indictment. His body was over 100 feet from the police car.
Not according to the police version. Which they received. They did not get the fucking social media’s research and thorough evaluation of the facts.
182 | Shazam Nov 24, 2014 6:47:36pm |
When McCulloch is chased out of office, he’ll make a great defense attorney.
183 | #FergusonFireside Nov 24, 2014 6:47:53pm |
re: #173 Justanotherhuman
Yeah, the “evidence” you cooked up, Mr. Prosecutor and presented to this grand jury.
Is he still talking? I turned it off.
184 | Targetpractice Nov 24, 2014 6:47:59pm |
This is the man who was tasked with presenting a case for the indictment of Darren Wilson to a jury, yet he’s spent the entire time since he began talking presenting a defense of the man.
Say what you will about the incompetency of the Dayton PD or the State Prosecutor’s office, at least when the trial ended in acquittal, Angela Corey didn’t go to the press to explain why it was wrong to charge Zimmerman in the first place.
185 | William Barnett-Lewis Nov 24, 2014 6:48:11pm |
re: #182 Shazam
When McCulloch is chased out of office, he’ll make a great defense attorney.
Why that presumption? He’s doing exactly what his voters want.
186 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:48:24pm |
Is he still talking? I turned it off.
Another who loves the sound of his own lying voice.
187 | HappyWarrior Nov 24, 2014 6:48:37pm |
If this was the prosecution, I can’t imagine what the defense would have looked like.
188 | nearly-headless smith25 Nov 24, 2014 6:48:44pm |
Over a cigarillo; over a toy gun; over a darkened hallway; over loud music; over skittles and iced tea; over a wallet, we can be killed.
— Delivert (@RevrendDoctor) November 25, 2014
190 | The Vicious Fergushka Nov 24, 2014 6:49:15pm |
#TCOT being the frenzied swarm of fucking idiots:
#Ferguson do not let #Obama steal you love. #Pray for #OfficerWilson. It's what #MLK & #JESUS would ask of you. #tcot pic.twitter.com/fTMtftAPWU— MLK PRAY 4 #FURGUSON (@Pray4FergusonMO) November 25, 2014
191 | Skip Intro Nov 24, 2014 6:49:41pm |
re: #187 HappyWarrior
If this was the prosecution, I can’t imagine what the defense would have looked like.
They would both have sat at the same table.
192 | Kragar Nov 24, 2014 6:49:44pm |
“… to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.” - Thomas Aquinas #Ferguson— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 25, 2014
193 | Weet Nov 24, 2014 6:49:45pm |
The grand jury was composed of 12 people “selected at random from a fair cross-section of the citizens,” according to Missouri law. The jurors, whose identities were kept secret, were 75 percent white: six white men, three white women, two black women and one black man. St. Louis County overall is 70 percent white, but about two-thirds of Ferguson’s residents are black.
So, maybe 8 to 4? 7 to 5? (voted to NOT indict).
194 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:49:52pm |
195 | darthstar Nov 24, 2014 6:50:11pm |
re: #187 HappyWarrior
If this was the prosecution, I can’t imagine what the defense would have looked like.
196 | HappyWarrior Nov 24, 2014 6:50:37pm |
197 | Kid A Nov 24, 2014 6:50:53pm |
re: #190 The Vicious Fergushka
That’s not even a picture of Wilson, for fuck’s sake.
198 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:51:07pm |
yes, they are being killed with impunity.
199 | Skip Intro Nov 24, 2014 6:51:12pm |
201 | darthstar Nov 24, 2014 6:51:35pm |
Exactly how many young white men have been killed by police? We'll wait for your answer. #Ferguson— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) November 25, 2014
202 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:52:08pm |
Oh yeah, McCulloch, I’ve read about thousands of white men being killed by cops.
Not.
203 | Kragar Nov 24, 2014 6:52:14pm |
Obama will speak at 10 pm tonight, per White House.— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 25, 2014
204 | Franklin Nov 24, 2014 6:52:23pm |
If only there were some process, perhaps a legal process, to present conflicting accounts and statements, weigh them, and come to a verdict.— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) November 25, 2014
205 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:52:26pm |
Protect the individual BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
206 | Jenner7 Nov 24, 2014 6:52:44pm |
The more I listen to this racist shit bag, the more angry I get.
207 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:52:45pm |
208 | teleskiguy Nov 24, 2014 6:53:00pm |
This Q&A is a farce. McCulloch has been in on the fix since the beginning.
I. Just. Can’t.
209 | bill d Nov 24, 2014 6:53:07pm |
Something morbidly sick about the Season’s Greetings sign hanging over the protesters.
210 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:53:07pm |
re: #202 Justanotherhuman
Oh yeah, McCulloch, I’ve read about thousands of white men being killed by cops.
Not.
Black men are killed by police at 20 times the rate of white men.
211 | Viscous Obama Nov 24, 2014 6:53:12pm |
Wait, what
On day 2, police said body was 35 feet away from Wilson's vehicle. As @ShaunKing proved and McCulloch now says, was really 150 feet away.— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) November 25, 2014
212 | Kragar Nov 24, 2014 6:53:27pm |
re: #206 Jenner7
The more I listen to this racist shit bag, the more angry I get.
Motherfucker really wants to start a riot
213 | ObserverArt Nov 24, 2014 6:53:28pm |
Now I am hoping these questions get him pissed off and we get the real man. Chances are though, he will book out before that happens.
214 | #FergusonFireside Nov 24, 2014 6:53:31pm |
I'm serious. Like, WHERE ARE THE REAL REPORTERS. No hard questions. NONE. This whole thing is a mess. Sigh. #Ferguson
— deray mckesson (@deray) November 25, 2014
215 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:53:40pm |
re: #209 bill d
Something morbidly sick about the Season’s Greetings sign hanging over the protesters.
If anything needs to be burned, that would be my best bet.
216 | blueraven Nov 24, 2014 6:53:48pm |
re: #207 Justanotherhuman
This probably means the 9 whites voted not to indict.
We, the public, will never know that.
217 | lawhawk Nov 24, 2014 6:54:28pm |
.@aterkel .@nycjim “not being killed with impunity” He keeps using that word. It doesn't mean what he thinks it means.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 25, 2014
219 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:54:35pm |
221 | Targetpractice Nov 24, 2014 6:55:13pm |
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No doubt got screened out. Remember, they got special training after the shooting to deal with the “hostile” press.
222 | Viscous Obama Nov 24, 2014 6:55:18pm |
Obama’s coming on at 10
sure fucking hope he’s on time
223 | rhuarc Nov 24, 2014 6:55:20pm |
I know this probably isn’t allowed here, but I have to say it. I hope they burn the power centers of Ferguson down. I’m sick to my stomach over this.
224 | Souliren Nov 24, 2014 6:55:21pm |
It is my understanding that ALL of the testimony and evidence will be made public if no charges are laid. I wonder if that means we will be able to understand it or will all the folks on one side interpret it to mean the kid was executed and all the folks on the other say it was not a crime?
225 | Mattand Nov 24, 2014 6:55:23pm |
227 | Jenner7 Nov 24, 2014 6:55:56pm |
That said McCulloch suggests in presser that blood trail doubles back toward vehicle -which Wilson will say supports “he charged me” defense— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) November 25, 2014
228 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:56:05pm |
OMG he has no idea what weight was given to the “Bull charge” meme…
229 | The Vicious Fergushka Nov 24, 2014 6:57:31pm |
#tcot now in a frenzied ragegasm against the President
230 | HappyWarrior Nov 24, 2014 6:58:04pm |
231 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:58:08pm |
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Did anyone see other than maybe 3 Black reporters in that crowd?
232 | jaunte Nov 24, 2014 6:58:22pm |
I want to say: white ppl? Please don't go back to being white and whiting it up everywhere like everything's back to normal and white.
— P. Marie (@_peech) November 25, 2014
233 | OhNoZombies! Nov 24, 2014 6:58:44pm |
re: #199 Skip Intro
These “fucking idiots” run the government now. The real fucking idiots are the ones who couldn’t be bothered to get off of their ass and vote.
Yep. We as citizens can determine the direction we want our government to take by simply voting. Silence is tacit approval for the bullshit we have now.
As far as I’m concerned, a person doesn’t even deserve to talk shit about the craziest RWNJ if they didn’t vote.
234 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 6:58:46pm |
re: #223 rhuarc
I know this probably isn’t allowed here, but I have to say it. I hope they burn the power centers of Ferguson down. I’m sick to my stomach over this.
The pragmatist in me says that populist violence usually backfires in the US and gets used as propaganda against progressives.
The revolutionary in me wants to see the city hall on fire, I must admit. Accomadation with poice brutality gets us nowhere.
236 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 6:59:22pm |
re: #218 Kid A
We’ll never know.
We very well could, by hook or crook.
I am going to be a fly on the wall in my next life I’ve decided. : )
237 | The Vicious Fergushka Nov 24, 2014 7:00:03pm |
238 | Viscous Obama Nov 24, 2014 7:00:29pm |
So is this dude going to keep talking through Obama
239 | Kragar Nov 24, 2014 7:00:31pm |
My dad: “Why are you tearing up/upset?” Because this teenage boy is fucking dead and no one's gonna pay for it. Why do you god damn think?— fembot libtard (@emilylouize) November 25, 2014
They didn't even CHARGE him! This isn't even a “not guilty,” this didn't even GO TO TRIAL. I am so deeply saddened over this.— fembot libtard (@emilylouize) November 25, 2014
240 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 7:01:32pm |
reports of shots fired near police building.
241 | Belafon Nov 24, 2014 7:01:56pm |
From 538:
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. attorneys prosecuted 162,000 federal cases in 2010, the most recent year for which we have data. Grand juries declined to return an indictment in 11 of them.
242 | Decatur Deb Nov 24, 2014 7:02:18pm |
re: #234 Aunty Entity Dragon
The pragmatist in me says that populist violence usually backfires in the US and gets used as propaganda against progressives.
The revolutionary in me wants to see the city hall on fire, I must admit. Accomadation with poice brutality gets us nowhere.
Trashing the place is self-defeating.The real damage will be done to real estate values, bond ratings, and business flight. That’s likely already accomplished.
244 | Targetpractice Nov 24, 2014 7:02:37pm |
So McCullough just saved Wilson the cost of hiring a defense attorney by running all the evidence, even the exculpatory evidence, by the grand jury. That way, when people say that Wilson was never actually put on trial, his defenders can say “Everything was presented to the grand jury and they saw no reason to charge him!”
245 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 7:02:44pm |
Getting violent outside. Police car getting thrashed badly. Getting ugly.
246 | euphgeek Nov 24, 2014 7:03:06pm |
If what McCulloch says about the evidence is correct, and I listened as carefully as I could, then it sounds like Wilson was justified in shooting Brown. If so, then I will admit that I was wrong about Wilson. I am certainly open to be proven wrong, if the facts contradict what I previously believed.
247 | William Barnett-Lewis Nov 24, 2014 7:03:12pm |
re: #234 Aunty Entity Dragon
Reality remains that since 1934 it has been illegal, for that reason, to own enough to matter as far as the 1% are concerned.
The serfs can own as many toy AR’s as they want. Won’t matter in the end.
250 | Viscous Obama Nov 24, 2014 7:03:42pm |
Hey, wanna know more about this prosecutor?
In the early 90s, McCulloch prosecuted Axl Rose of the band Guns N’ Roses for charges related to the Riverport Riot.[2]
In 1997, in the so-called “Kinkogate” case, McCulloch gave - using the power of the grand jury, but without informing it - a subpoena to the police in order to identify a whistleblower who was acting lawfully. He pretendend his fax contained a threat. McCulloch later admitted that there was no threat and no crime, but denied any wrongdoing. The whistleblower had to quit his job.[3]
In 2000, in the so-called “Jack in the box” case, two undercover officers shot and killed two unarmed black men. In 2001, they told a grand jury that the suspects tried to escape arrest and then drove toward them; the jury declined to indict.[2][4] McCulloch told the public that every witness had testified to confirm this version, but journalists reviewed the previously secret grand jury tapes and found that McCulloch lied: only three of 13 officers testified that the car was moving forward.[3] A subsequent federal investigation found that men were unarmed and that their car had not moved forward when the officers fired 21 shots; nevertheless, it decided that the shooting was justified.[2][4] McCulloch also drew controversy when he said of the victims: “These guys were bums.”[2]
251 | Justanotherhuman Nov 24, 2014 7:03:45pm |
If witnesses just “disappeared into thin air”, were they threatened by LE?
252 | lawhawk Nov 24, 2014 7:04:12pm |
re: #241 Belafon
McCullough admits he can’t indict a ham sandwich.
And again, it goes back to fact that he didn’t want to prosecute a cop for killing someone. He has refused to bring charges against other police officers on excessive force charges.
253 | Kragar Nov 24, 2014 7:04:22pm |
Take what happened today in #ferguson, remember what those in power did, AND FUCK THEM EVERY TIME YOU GET A CHANCE TO VOTE THEM OUT.— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 25, 2014
254 | William Barnett-Lewis Nov 24, 2014 7:04:57pm |
re: #246 euphgeek
If what McCulloch says about the evidence is correct, and I listened as carefully as I could, then it sounds like Wilson was justified in shooting Brown. If so, then I will admit that I was wrong about Wilson. I am certainly open to be proven wrong, if the facts contradict what I previously believed.
Do you really think anything McCulloch told the GJ was true? If so, I have a dozen bridges and some wetlands in Arizona to sell you.
255 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 7:05:22pm |
Multiple gunshot incidents according to MSNBC eyewitness.
256 | jaunte Nov 24, 2014 7:05:25pm |
re: #250 Viscous Obama
“the suspects tried to escape arrest and then drove toward them”
Sounds like that’s the go-to excuse.
257 | euphgeek Nov 24, 2014 7:05:44pm |
re: #254 William Barnett-Lewis
Do you really think anything McCulloch told the GJ was true? If so, I have a dozen bridges and some wetlands in Arizona to sell you.
That’s why I used the qualifier “if”.
258 | Aunty Entity Dragon Nov 24, 2014 7:06:18pm |
I’m betting this gets out of hand as the night goes on and people start converging.
259 | Targetpractice Nov 24, 2014 7:06:21pm |
re: #256 jaunte
Sounds like that’s the go-to excuse.
Of course, “They came right at me!” is as old as Jim Crow.
262 | ipsos Nov 24, 2014 7:07:59pm |
The hardest thing about this is watching my 11 year old daughter, who still thought the world was a good and fair place, trying to understand why a kid not much older than her could get killed and nothing happens as a result.
264 | Higgs Boson's Mate Nov 24, 2014 7:13:16pm |
re: #133 Kragar
This bullshit tonight reminds me why I won’t fucking set foot in some places in this country. Corrupt motherfucking good ole boys.
I’ve lived in some of those places. IT would take a court order and a team of horses to get me back to them.
265 | Skip Intro Nov 24, 2014 7:21:56pm |
Did anyone hear how many bullets were fired at Brown?
266 | lostlakehiker Nov 24, 2014 7:33:31pm |
re: #7 Shiplord Kirel
The DA has the undivided attention of the whole world and he has pissed on them by stalling. “Hey, look at me!” That’s just how a trashy yokel behaves when he has some unexpected attention.
Trashy yokel? The grand jury did a lot of work. When you announce a decision, you owe it to the people some accounting of why. And that’s what he did. He explained how they arrived at their decision, how the witness statements were compared to the physical evidence, etc.
Crude invective is trashy. Careful accounting of what the grand jury did before arriving at its decision is not.
267 | PeterWolf Nov 24, 2014 7:39:30pm |
re: #266 lostlakehiker
Crude invective is trashy. Careful accounting of what the grand jury did before arriving at its decision is not.
That was not a careful accounting of the grand jury, it sounded far more like a defence attorney making his case.
268 | danhenry1 Nov 24, 2014 8:03:45pm |
McCulloch, erred big time when he said ‘The duty of the grand jury is to separate fact from fiction.’ It is not the Grand Juries job to determine ‘fact from fiction’, only to determine probable cause, not who is telling the truth.
The racial makeup of the jury did not reflect the ‘local community’, only the ‘county’…That can be pursued at the Federal level.