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Watch Live: Ferguson Grand Jury Decision

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Viscous Obama11/24/2014 7:03:42 pm PST

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]