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What do you think will be the grand jury verdict concerning Officer Darren Wilson?
10/21/2014 | Laissez-faire Capitalist

Posted on 10/21/2014 11:46:32 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist

I believe a decision from the grand jury is just around the corner. With this in mind...

Do you think that Officer Darren Wilson will face charges - or not?

Do you think the grand jury should give equal weight to both sides (eyewitness Officer Darren Wilson and the 5 other eyewitnesses)? Are civilan eyewitness accounts (be it one person or more) ever equal to that of a police officer? If so, in which cases?

If the 5 eyewitnesses don't agree on all things, should the grand jury take into account everything the 5 eyewitnesses do agree upon?

Does the witness of 5 outweigh the witness of 1, or is an Appeal to Numbers automatically fallacious? In that case, if more than 1 eyewitness acount cannot be relied on, how then can just 1 eyewitness account (Officer darren Wuilson) be relied upon?


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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

So do I.

But if Wilson is not indicted I am pretty sure there will be angry violence.

If Wilson IS indicted, there is a good chance there will be celebratory violence.


61 posted on 10/21/2014 12:34:20 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

there will be rioting.................again

I think if all photos and every thing else is released, it will be obvious the riots were wrong and people should be incarcerated including those who instigated.

Look for Holder and Obama to apologize to the cop............RTFLMAO.

Obola will release a few hundred million to cover the damages. There is no accountability in the US. A nation of victims.


62 posted on 10/21/2014 12:34:53 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
What do you think will be the grand jury verdict concerning Officer Darren Wilson?

Hussein and Holder will ENSURE he is indicted, regardless of the evidence.

63 posted on 10/21/2014 12:37:15 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (I want a Speaker who'll stick that pen and phone where no one but Reggie Love can find it!)
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To: Psalm 73
riots erupt all over the nation

I don't think so...If there were going to be riots across the nation, they would have happened already...What you have had up to this point is a paid group of protestors who have struggled to maintain the energy necessary for these riots...I believe, that the rest of the nation has figured out that Brown was a dirtbag thug who if he had not been killed in Ferguson, would have met his maker in the very near term anyway with the way he was living his life...

64 posted on 10/21/2014 12:39:39 PM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

we will see “leaked” grand jury info every Friday for the next few weeks and eventually, no charges will be filed. He will be whisked away to another state with his family, maybe never to be heard from for several years. the National Guard will be deployed in Ferguson and the race-baiters will have material for the next chapter in this book of idiocy. as a side note, my guess is that the DOJ is begging them to not release a final until after mid-terms are done. they can’t have their base out throwing fire-bombs when they should be in the voting booth


65 posted on 10/21/2014 12:39:59 PM PDT by FunkyZero (... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
I believe the Grand Jury will hand down a “no bill” on Officer Darren Wilson. He should then leave the state.
66 posted on 10/21/2014 12:41:50 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

I pray that officer Wilson is NOT indicted and I don’t care how many of their own homes and businesses the Ferguson savages destroy because of it.

Justice is supposed to be blind homies.


67 posted on 10/21/2014 12:43:08 PM PDT by Bullish (A 5 year old could run the country better than Obama.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Who cares? I live in a remote part of Nevada.

I’d have to get in the truck and drive a stretch to encounter a law enforcement officer, a black person, a member of a grand jury, or a communist agitator. Some of those a lot longer drive than others.

... And honestly now: At these gas prices, who’d want to?


68 posted on 10/21/2014 12:45:19 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

He’ll be cleared of any charges just in time to whip up the black vote. Watch for it.


69 posted on 10/21/2014 12:46:07 PM PDT by muir_redwoods ("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
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To: ealgeone
If I were him I'd head to the Pacific for a while.

No way. I'd evacuate my family, have them take the family pets, bible, and pictures, etc. Then I would DOUBLE my homeowners insurance and have my FOP/RKBA buddies help me stand guard.

Then when SHTF, you kill anyone that tries to illegally harm you. The savages understand force, and when dead bodies start piling up on your property, they may back off. I'm not running. F' them. I deal with them all the loud mouth "dindunuttins" all the time here in central AR, and when the first crack of gunshots happen, those loud mouth gibsmedats scatter like cockroaches like the cowards they are.

It is WAY past time to play cowboys and criminals. I say bring it.

70 posted on 10/21/2014 12:46:45 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

I say, no indictment, whereupon Holder will find some other charges to stick on him.

It’s like the bad old days before double jeopardy where you could be arrested and prosecuted over and over again until the powers that be were satisfied with the verdict.


71 posted on 10/21/2014 12:47:43 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: FrdmLvr
I live in STL city, not the county, but my impression has been that a lot of people here are fed up with the protesters. Only those that were already inclined to believe that Mike Brown was a "Gentle Giant" are in favor of Wilson being charged. The opinions have not changed much since it was revealed that Brown had just robbed a store before being killed.

Prior to that, I think a lot of people might have thought that Brown was unfairly targeted, but once the video of the store robbery came out, most opinions have been pretty fixed.

It's gotten to be a joke that as soon as one of these goons is shot by the police, the momma gets on TV to say what a good boy he was. Nobody with any common sense believes it anymore.

Unless they stack the jury with a bunch from North County, you'd be hard pressed to find two people, much less twelve from South County or West County to convict Wilson. (Well, maybe if they came from Webster Groves or Kirkwood). So, no, the jury would not be intimidated by the protesters. Most people I know would love to find a way to piss them off even more.

72 posted on 10/21/2014 12:57:42 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Unfortunately for the race-baiters there are witnesses that corroborate Wilson’s version of the story. The facts that have been released to the public support Wilson. The so-called ‘eyewitness accounts” are tainted and not credible. If the grand jury operates simply on the merits of the facts at hand they will No Bill. My guess is that they are biding their time looking for an opportune moment to release their decision.


73 posted on 10/21/2014 12:59:07 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Similar to American politicians pissing their pants in fear of offending muslims, this “grand jury” will manufacture enough “cause” to indict him for murder, just to buy time for themselves.

Wilson will then be incarcerated and conveniently set up to be killed in jail.


74 posted on 10/21/2014 1:02:24 PM PDT by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist; LucianOfSamasota

It all comes down to his medical records. Wilson won’t be indicted for murder if his skull was fractured.


75 posted on 10/21/2014 1:08:41 PM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

No Bill


76 posted on 10/21/2014 1:12:15 PM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
The grand jury will "no bill".

Their decision is not really an issue of believing five witnesses versus believing one or two witnesses. Credibility will be determined by which witnesses' testimony is supported by the forensic evidence (autopsy, blood spatter, casing location ...).

77 posted on 10/21/2014 1:13:44 PM PDT by writmeister
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

you are forgetting that it will depend on the makeup of the members of the grand jury.


78 posted on 10/21/2014 1:15:50 PM PDT by BereanBrain
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To: grania
If Darren Wilson is charged with anything, the police officers should walk.

Yes, they really need to do something in solidarity with him. It could have been any of them. They were wearing those bracelets until they were told not to, so I suspect they will walk, or do something in support of him.

79 posted on 10/21/2014 1:18:30 PM PDT by Nea Wood (Even Heaven has a gate.)
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To: cripplecreek
It would be awesome of the handed down a No Bill verdict the day after the election.

Before the election would be better. Historically, "Burn, baby, burn!" doesn't work out so well for the party of the arsonists.

80 posted on 10/21/2014 1:23:45 PM PDT by cynwoody
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