Darren Wilson's Side of the Story

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Originally Posted by Tom Joad

You have already admitted that McCullogh had decided Wilson was innocent of any wrongdoing beforehand.

That fits my definition of a "fix".

I believe what I said is that McCullough knew that there was not a preponderance of evidence supporting an indictment and that he was effectively forced by political and public pressure to convene a grand jury in an effort to assuage the mob.

The grand jury ship has sailed and a dispassionate analysis (such as that done by the criminal law professor in the link I provided earlier) shows that there was not a preponderance of evidence supporting an indictment. Though this doesn't comport with the knee-jerk accusations of murder and execution bandied about by some on this board, it comports with the facts. Get over it.

Now, it goes to the Justice Department. Given Eric Holder's proclivities (and I generally like Holder from his time as US Attorney and District Court Judge here), he will investigate every angle to see if there was a civil rights violation. Though he may find one with the Ferguson PD in general (though it will likely won't be a violation, but recommendations), I doubt he'll find one with Wilson, given the evidence. However, I'm willing to take a dispassionate look at his findings once they come out.

The only thing this navel-gazing and conspiracy-theorizing shows is that folks who went out on a limb accusing Wilson of murder are unwilling to admit that they jumped the gun and got it wrong. His innocence doesn't dispel the notion that there is a problem of police misconduct against minorities in general, just as his conviction would not prove that the problem is pervasive everywhere. The case (and all others) stands and falls on its own merits.