What happens if there is no indictment of the police officer Wilson?

Markle wrote:What happens if there is no indictment of the police officer Wilson?

Will some of the posters here apologize for their foul words about police and specifically Wilson?

Will Ferguson rioters rebuild what they have destroyed and stolen?

knothead wrote:

Markle wrote:What happens if there is no indictment of the police officer Wilson?

Will some of the posters here apologize for their foul words about police and specifically Wilson?

Will Ferguson rioters rebuild what they have destroyed and stolen?

Perhaps a more relevant question would be: What happens if there is no special persecutor appointed to deal with the issue? The community needs to have confidence in the process and this would go a long way toward resolving any fears that the local authority(s) would sweep it under the rug. If it is deemed to be fair, open and transparent then the likelihood of a peaceful resolution is enhanced. If not, it would be a thumb in the eye of the community and suspicion will again come to the forefront and it is just not necessary.  

Joanimaroni wrote:

knothead wrote:

Markle wrote:What happens if there is no indictment of the police officer Wilson?

Will some of the posters here apologize for their foul words about police and specifically Wilson?

Will Ferguson rioters rebuild what they have destroyed and stolen?

Perhaps a more relevant question would be: What happens if there is no special persecutor appointed to deal with the issue? The community needs to have confidence in the process and this would go a long way toward resolving any fears that the local authority(s) would sweep it under the rug. If it is deemed to be fair, open and transparent then the likelihood of a peaceful resolution is enhanced. If not, it would be a thumb in the eye of the community and suspicion will again come to the forefront and it is just not necessary.  

What if the victim was a white 17 year old that robbed a store, mouthed-off at a cop, assaulted the cop, tried to grab his gun and then got shot and died?  Would we even be here?  Absolutely not.

I appreciate your point but that scenario is irrelevant here and now . . .let's cross that bridge then but what is the best next steps for the community?

Joanimaroni wrote:

knothead wrote:

Markle wrote:What happens if there is no indictment of the police officer Wilson?

Will some of the posters here apologize for their foul words about police and specifically Wilson?

Will Ferguson rioters rebuild what they have destroyed and stolen?

Perhaps a more relevant question would be: What happens if there is no special persecutor appointed to deal with the issue? The community needs to have confidence in the process and this would go a long way toward resolving any fears that the local authority(s) would sweep it under the rug. If it is deemed to be fair, open and transparent then the likelihood of a peaceful resolution is enhanced. If not, it would be a thumb in the eye of the community and suspicion will again come to the forefront and it is just not necessary.  

What if the victim was a white 17 year old that robbed a store, mouthed-off at a cop, assaulted the cop, tried to grab his gun and then got shot and died?  Would we even be here?  Absolutely not.



http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/08/black-cop-killed-innocent-white-man-utah-press-silent/

nadalfan wrote:

Joanimaroni wrote:

knothead wrote:

Markle wrote:What happens if there is no indictment of the police officer Wilson?

Will some of the posters here apologize for their foul words about police and specifically Wilson?

Will Ferguson rioters rebuild what they have destroyed and stolen?

Perhaps a more relevant question would be: What happens if there is no special persecutor appointed to deal with the issue? The community needs to have confidence in the process and this would go a long way toward resolving any fears that the local authority(s) would sweep it under the rug. If it is deemed to be fair, open and transparent then the likelihood of a peaceful resolution is enhanced. If not, it would be a thumb in the eye of the community and suspicion will again come to the forefront and it is just not necessary.  

What if the victim was a white 17 year old that robbed a store, mouthed-off at a cop, assaulted the cop, tried to grab his gun and then got shot and died?  Would we even be here?  Absolutely not.



http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/08/black-cop-killed-innocent-white-man-utah-press-silent/

I agree, the media should also be reporting this.  They should be talking about as many questionable police shootings as they can.  

Something that really bothers me though, is that some of these same right wing websites and their followers that are claiming the media doesn't cover the shooting of a white kid by a black cop are implying that the police did something wrong.  But in the Michael Brown shooting, instead of writing about the police's conduct, like releasing a video that turned out to be irrelevant to the shooting, or stating that multiple eye witnesses saw essentially the same thing, or using an anonymous person's radio show account as the official word of the police, or running with the orbital eye fracture, they imply that Michael Brown had it coming.

We should all be asking questions about the use of excessive force by all police officers.

Addicting info and Raw Story published the story, also demanding the right to know what happened.  Look at the difference in the headlines and content from the different sites

2seaoat wrote:He will be indicted. Perhaps not locally, but Holder has gotten the witness statements.......he would not have visited the city unless he could deliver.....some of this does not require much thought in a chess game, but again checkers rarely has a player looking five moves ahead.

2seaoat wrote:He will be indicted.  Perhaps not locally, but Holder has gotten the witness statements....... he would not have visited the city unless he could deliver .....some of this does not require much thought in a chess game, but again checkers rarely has a player looking five moves ahead.

2seaoat wrote:What exactly could Eric Holder "KNOW HE COULD DELIVER" without having any information?

He has already reviewed the witness summaries.  The FBI had 40 agents in the field taking evidence.   If those summaries were consistent with bringing a civil rights indictment, he shows up.  If they were not, he would be silent.  This is not rocket science, and every prosecutor in America knows where the investigation is in real time, but most do not have forty highly trained FBI agents in the field.

2seaoat wrote:He should have been arrested like any other person shooting an unarmed person, and he could have made his self defense argument at trial.  He was not arrested.   There were studies in Wisconsin where there were 140 some police killings of unarmed citizens, and one indictment.   Therein is the statistical problem.   It will be corrected.  American citizens will not die in the streets at the hand of out of control police officers using lethal force against unarmed citizens......that time is rapidly passing.