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Originally Posted by Tom Joad
I watched the video and I can't believe the grand jury didn't send this one to trial. It makes me suspect that there was some kind of jury intimidation going on. Probably very subtle so as to be plausibly denied.
I like the title you picked btw.  |
As was clearly explained on the evening news, the prosecutor and only the prosecutor decides what evidence the grand jury will and will not see. And since the prosecutor has to work so closely with the police department, an incestuous relationship so to speak, prosecutors routinely steer the juries away from prosecution by allowing only evidence that show the officer in the best possible light, even in cases where police misconduct is obvious. There certainly is ample evidence of that fact. And the opposite is true of the defense as the prosecutor will want a guilty verdict. In the case of the defense the grand jury will only see the most incriminating evidence and all evidence to the contrary will be withheld. This has been happening for decades as evidenced by all the black folks being released from prison after being found innocent.
Basically the entire grand jury system is perverted and corrupt and has no place in a system of "justice".
As civilians, we're fucked from the word go in this country with a corrupt political process and a corrupt judicial process. And oddly we don't even have the good sense to blush when we criticize the same actions in other nations.