A License To Kill: No Indictment for Ferguson Officer
A Missouri grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, a prosecutor announced late Monday. “The physical and scientific evidence examined by the grand jury, combined with the witness statements, supported and substantiated by that physical evidence, tells the accurate and tragic story of what happened,” St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch told reporters. After an “exhaustive review,” the jurors deliberated for two days, he said. The grand jurors are “the only ones who have heard all the evidence,” McCulloch said. Wilson, a white police officer, shot and killed Brown, a black teenager, on August 9. Hundreds of people gathered outside the Ferguson police station reacted with anger and dismay as word spread that there would be no indictment.
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Andre Damon ■ No indictment for Ferguson cop who killed Michael Brown || St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Robert P. McCulloch’s statement Monday night that no charges will be filed against Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown is a travesty of justice. The entire process through which the grand jury arrived at its decision is a legal fraud. The outcome is not the result of fair judicial proceedings, but political calculations. The grand jury returned the outcome the state was seeking: no charges for the police murder of an unarmed African American youth. Despite the fact that the decision was not announced until after 9:00pm eastern time, there were protests Monday night throughout the United States.