Posted on 08/20/2014 4:14:08 PM PDT by jazusamo
Racial Politics: Under the Constitution, police have the same rights to due process as citizens. Yet Democratic politicians pandering for urban votes seek to deny Darren Wilson his.
On Tuesday night, on the eve of a grand jury hearing over the Wilson-Michael Brown shooting case, Missouri's Democratic governor, who reportedly has 2016 White House aspirations, delivered a grossly irresponsible address calling for a "vigorous prosecution" of the Ferguson cop, whom he gratuitously noted shot Brown "in broad daylight."
Gov. Jay Nixon also demanded "justice for Michael Brown" and his family, echoing the calls of the looters, protesters and race merchants.
He did not ask for a "vigorous" investigation or "justice" based on the facts. No, he's already rendered a verdict — guilty — further endangering the life of Wilson, who's already received death threats.
"We're very concerned about the due process rights of Darren," Missouri police union President Sgt. Kevin Ahlbrand said, slamming the governor for "rushing to judgment." "You'd think he'd wait before all the facts are in before making his conclusion."
Indeed, one would expect the state's chief executive to be more judicious than the activist liberal press, which has already tried and convicted Wilson. But Nixon might as well have said the grand jury must come down with an indictment.
The railroading of this decorated police officer is all the more disturbing against the unraveling narrative of the mob. It turns out from forensic evidence that Wilson did not shoot Brown in the back, as some oft-quoted witnesses claimed.
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I’d say he just tainted the entire MO jury pool with that utterance.
We live in a lawless society.
Speaking of Mike Nifong...
He got the call from Obie. Facts and truth no longer matter. You are innocent until the media convicts you.
His actions are not irresponsible, they are criminal.
How in the world is any white cop going to work in an area that has black people?
Nixon gets this man hanged without genuine due process and it’s going to be open season on white cops.
At least the MO Lt Gov is standing up to this nonsense. He’s called for Nixon to retract his statement. Here’s what he said on at FNC interview, today...
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder (R-MO) slammed Gov. Jay Nixon (D-MO) for his lack of communication with other officials regarding the situation in Ferguson.
“If you wanted to support this governor as a fellow constitutional officer of state government, you would be uncertain how to do that for several reasons. First of all, no communication at all. And secondly, the policy appears to be changing about every 12 hours in a herky-jerky, on again/off again, uncertain, tentative manner...the other five constitutional officers of state government [are] in the dark. we are not included,” Kinder reported on Wednesday’s “The Real Story” on the Fox News Channel. And that the state’s constitutional officers had a phone briefing with the governor, but that the line went dead and they haven’t heard from the governor since.
He added that the mayor of Ferguson hasn’t heard from the governor either, saying, “The mayor there...has told reporters, and I don’t know if anyone has reported this, but he has told reporters he’s not had one phone call from the governor.”
Yep, and sadly the sorry U.S. AG Holder will do absolutely nothing about it except maybe applaud.
You bet he did.
Voters need to bounce this clown. Or find a legal way to remove him sooner.
No bias here, move along. The rope and tree come first. The facts and trial are for later.
....whom he gratuitously noted shot Brown “in broad daylight.”
Voters need to bounce this clown. Or find a legal way to remove him sooner.
Perhaps he can be indicted, in the meantime.
Yeah, and Holder is going to visit the family. He should visit the police officer TOO and get the other side of the story, but he obviously has made up his mind about the case, who needs to hear the other side when you’ve already made up your mind? So much for lady Justice and the blindfold. They will hang this police officer because HE IS WHITE and “they” are BLACK. Boy they really know how ease racial tension don’t they?
Perhaps deliberately — to punt to the feds.
I am pleasantly surprised that the guns have not come out. I expected some police and NG to get shot at.
Thanks for posting, I was unaware of that.
God bless Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder.
Police have the same rights to due process as citizens because they ARE citizens.
Nixon’s was a written rehearsed speech read off teleprompter. He knew exactly what he was saying and doing.
Who cares, as long as the freebies keep flowing?
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