Posted on 08/18/2014 6:10:41 AM PDT by reaganaut1
“By what authority does the federal government insert itself in to an issue that is clearly a local/state matter?”
The usual cover story is that it is conducting a federal civil rights investigation.
There are two sets of laws at play here; state law and federal law.
Unconfirmed, but if true, it might explain the bullets being “scattered”.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3194039/posts?page=28#28
That means plenty of time to manufacture the story they want.
That also means plenty of time to get more cash for Democrat politicians.
That means they will keep the story in play to create a narrative that suits the party line of Democrat's. Maybe they can pull of a Travon Martin, Rodney King ending with an officer in jail one one way or another.
REMAKE!
Lesson learned: Riot and you get the President to personally respond.
So how long is it going to take? They shot, autopsied and buried Osama Bin Laden in 24 hrs.
Yes.
But the way it is supposed to work is, the feds only get involved in a local/state case if it appears the locality/state permitted or perpetrated civil rights violations during its handling of the case.
In this instance, the state has not even concluded its preliminary investigation, never mind reaching any conclusions.
It’s acrime wihin the State of Missouri. That makes the Federal government in the “junior position” to the State. The FBI can help and maybe do a good job, but they ARE NOT in charge. Police power resides in the individual states, that’s ConLaw 101.
So holder is going to have an INDEPENDENT autopsy. There is an untended joke right there.
It has no authority. It has power, usurped at gunpoint.
A civil rights investigation? Already?
That’s the result holder wants
...plenty of proof of that!
Yet, the public stands back, eats triple portion menus, slurps away on refill drinks, buys flat panel TVs and the MSM demonizes the police.
We are going downhill, fast...
The DOJ will find that the bullets that were fired into Brown were wearing KU Klux Klan hoods and used the N-word...
However many autopsies are done, “the gentle giant” will be voting in November.
Three autopsies on this guy. He’ll be a pile of glop by the time they are through. All for political expediency.
Everybody is talking about bullet holes. How about what he was jacked up on.
Why not put the autopsy out to bid?
“But the way it is supposed to work is, the feds only get involved in a local/state case if it appears the locality/state permitted or perpetrated civil rights violations during its handling of the case.”
The Feds contention is that the shooting itself constituted a “possible civil rights” violation. That’s all they need. They can conduct a simultaneous investigation while the state/local authorities conduct theirs.
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