Posted on 08/19/2014 7:56:25 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
Won't matter. Polygraphs are not admissible as evidence and are known to be unreliable under certain circumstances.
If the Missouri prosecutor (who might be the head of the investigation probing the shooting of Michael Brown) has a mother, father, brother, uncle and cousin who all worked for the St. Louis police department (Ferguson, Missouri is a suburb of St. Louis, Mo.) - his father was reported to have been killed and the suspect was a black individual - should he be replaced by a special prosecutor appointed by the governor of Missouri (Jay Nixon)?
It doesn't matter who the prosecutor is. If Wilson is indicted then half the country will be screaming injustice. If Wilson is not indicted the other half will scream racism.
Third, where is the shell casing for the bullet that was told to have been discharged in the struggle for Darren Wilson's gun? Was gun powder residue on Michael Brown's clothing? Is "Josie's" account on the Dana Loesch radio show hearsay?
I think the more important question is where are the other six shell casings in relation to the position of the body? I assume that would help confirm or deny the claim that Brown was charging the officer.
Fourth, are Michael Brown's hand prints on the gun?
If there was a struggle for the gun then I assume his DNA would be on it and I assume they're testing for that.
Fifth, is there a bullet hole in officer Darren Wilson's car if there was indeed a struggle for officer Darren Wilson's gun and a bullet was discharged?
I know the police have said that there is. I don't know if they have released the details.
Sixth, how many bullet casings were recovered?
According to the coroner at least six rounds hit Brown. The shot in the car would make seven. I would expect that's the number they found.
Seventh, should the police (across the country) take the same stance if the situation is reversed and release info that may or may not look like it exonerates a suspect, or should they take the position that they will take the same stance with unsub perps (and police officers) and never release information piece meal for either side?
I'm mildly surprised they released the video of Brown and would hope that other departments hold evidence until the investigation is complete.
Josie’s comments on the Dana Loesch show are inadmissible, too, but people are taking stock in what she said, even though it is hearsay.
A polygraph test can be administered before going to trial, and isn’t hearsay, either.
Yeah. He was dead.
Psychopaths can easily pass polygraphs.The video in which the eyewitness says that the dead punk rushed the cop is what matters now.That...and the video of the “gentle giant” throwing around the liquor store clerk like a rag doll minutes before his death.
“...False positives — people whom the examiner says are “deceptive” but who are in fact telling the truth — are more common than false negatives — people whom the examiner says test “not deceptive” but who are in fact lying. Of one study situation Lykken says, “An accused person who is innocent who takes a polygraph test has almost a 50-50 chance of failing it.” Says Lykken, “Those odds are worse than Russian roulette!”
Moreover, two examiners looking at the same polygraph charts will not always agree on what they mean. In fact, one study found that 10 to 20 percent of the time the same examiner may read the same charts differently if he reads them after a six-month interval...”
http://www.salon.com/2000/03/02/polygraph/
(see also Daubert Standard)
Sorry, I meant about the officer being treated.
That’s not Michael Brown.
It’s possible.
-PJ
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