Ferguson

[sarabtrayior]

We give folks the right of an attorney and we only can hope and pray for.

[paints]

The problem, as I see it, is that the prosecutor is supposed to be the voice of the person who got killed, not the person who killed him.
This grand jury was a farce.

[tylerbreister]

ferguson is just a lot of hype over nothing. People who weren't even involved are getting so upset. I don't necessarily side with either party, but as kermit says, that's none of my business

[sfreeman8]

The problem, as I see it, is that the prosecutor is supposed to be the voice of the person who got killed, not the person who killed him.
This grand jury was a farce.

Not in a grand jury. The prosecutor only needs to find a true bill against the defendant. It's up to that grand jury to do so. Because there were too many witnesses who lied, there was no way possible that the grand jury could bring about a true bill. Half the people who testified only "heard" what happened and weren't there. They should have never been called as witnesses. They should also have brought contempt of court charges against them and Johnson who lied from the very beginning about his friend, but because they weren't the ones this jury was about and because there was no judge who could make a judgement of contempt of court, it would have been up to the police to arrest them on the prosecutor's call and but it wasn't done.

[paints]

The problem, as I see it, is that the prosecutor is supposed to be the voice of the person who got killed, not the person who killed him.
This grand jury was a farce.

Not in a grand jury. The prosecutor only needs to find a true bill against the defendant. It's up to that grand jury to do so. Because there were too many witnesses who lied, there was no way possible that the grand jury could bring about a true bill. Half the people who testified only "heard" what happened and weren't there. They should have never been called as witnesses. They should also have brought contempt of court charges against them and Johnson who lied from the very beginning about his friend, but because they weren't the ones this jury was about and because there was no judge who could make a judgement of contempt of court, it would have been up to the police to arrest them on the prosecutor's call and but it wasn't done.

The prosecutor put witnesses on that he knew were lying.  Did he really intend to get an indictment? I don't think so. I think he bent over backwards trying NOT to.

[hawkeye3210]

The problem, as I see it, is that the prosecutor is supposed to be the voice of the person who got killed, not the person who killed him.
This grand jury was a farce.

Not in a grand jury. The prosecutor only needs to find a true bill against the defendant. It's up to that grand jury to do so. Because there were too many witnesses who lied, there was no way possible that the grand jury could bring about a true bill. Half the people who testified only "heard" what happened and weren't there. They should have never been called as witnesses. They should also have brought contempt of court charges against them and Johnson who lied from the very beginning about his friend, but because they weren't the ones this jury was about and because there was no judge who could make a judgement of contempt of court, it would have been up to the police to arrest them on the prosecutor's call and but it wasn't done.

The prosecutor put witnesses on that he knew were lying.  Did he really intend to get an indictment? I don't think so. I think he bent over backwards trying NOT to.

There was no case, and no chance of a conviction. This case would have been thrown out before it even got to the grand jury if it weren't for the media attention. Taking it to the grand jury was simply pandering to the masses. He didn't need to bend over backwards to not get an indictment.

[zappywappy]

I  am glad some one reads there bible  and dropped it in to our discussion