Sandra McElroy(felon), 45, gave several different accounts of the Michael Brown shooting to investigators.
Buying crack in da hood that day, I guess.
The "head-down, charging" was reported by multiple witnesses.
Posted on 12/17/2014 10:06:31 AM PST by TigerClaws
DECEMBER 15--The grand jury witness who testified that she saw Michael Brown pummel a cop before charging at him “like a football player, head down,” is a troubled, bipolar Missouri woman with a criminal past who has a history of making racist remarks and once insinuated herself into another high-profile St. Louis criminal case with claims that police eventually dismissed as a “complete fabrication,” The Smoking Gun has learned.
In interviews with police, FBI agents, and federal and state prosecutors--as well as during two separate appearances before the grand jury that ultimately declined to indict Officer Darren Wilson--the purported eyewitness delivered a preposterous and perjurious account of the fatal encounter in Ferguson.
Referred to only as “Witness 40” in grand jury material, the woman concocted a story that is now baked into the narrative of the Ferguson grand jury, a panel before which she had no business appearing.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesmokinggun.com ...
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Well, in that case the GJ needs to go ahead and hand down an indictable finding against the obviously racist assassin Darren Wilson. Killer of innocent black youts.
“Hand down, pants up.” “Give a hoot. Don’t burn and loot!” “Don’t perpitrate, we’ll let you respirate.”
but how it will be used is the issue.
We used to have some general faith is a completed process, now it is all politicized.
Will Testify For Crack!
20% of cops killed on the job are killed by “unarmed” subjects who take their department-issued firearm or that of their partner.
Blood evidence in the squad car and a wound to the hand of Saint Gentle Giant proves that he tried to take Officer Wilson’s gun.
I wonder what would have happened to Officer Wilson had Saint Gentle Giant succeeded?
you do realize that this is meant to support the Leftist “gentle-giant-gunned-down-by-white-racist” meme?
I’ve read all of the eyewitness testimony. There were several credible witnesses that corroborate officer Wilson’s account, which is also supported by the forensic evidence. In contrast, all of the witnesses who claim that he shot him in the back have been proven wrong.
The forensics trump everything else.
The forensics show Brown’s blood some 25 yards beyond where he fell. Indicating he turned around and moved in the direction of Wilson.
Brown’s body fell, face down, pointed towards Wilson. Indicating that he was moving at speed.
The last couple hits to Brown’s body indicate that he was head down. Again, consistent with aggressive forward movement.
All of the forensics confirm Wilson’s story. They confirm the stories of several witnesses, while repudiating those of other withesses. Which demonstrates why witnesses are considered of lesser reliability than physical evidence.
At least Flaky Sandra had enough good sense to paraphrase other witnesses instead of making up her story out of whole cloth. Please be advised that some salty old prosecutors have been known to keep squads of "Fake but accurate" witnesses handy for putting away bad guys.
The good news is that this definitely puts "The Gentle Giant" back on the fast track to canonization, should revitalize the family memorabilia business, and allow Michael's putative Mom's BF back in his gang with no legal consequences.
CC:
The Reverend Al Sharpton
Barry Soetoro-Obama
Mayor DeBlahblah
Not saying I believe the gentle giant apologisers, nor the boy in blue defenders...
But in how many cases has a prosecutor allowed exculpatory evidence, or even all evidence, to be viewed by a grand jury?
Doesn’t the prosecutor have one job, and one job only - to obtain an indictment?
Just wondering
The autopsy report supported some witnesses and undermined others. From the “report” it sounds like this particular witness, if she really is Witness 40, isn’t to be trusted. I doubt the GJ built its decision on a single witness.
That said, FReepers and conservatives are noted for their dedication to the truth. If Wilson were guilty of shooting a fleeing criminal then we should condemn that. All this race gaming has done is destroy a guys career and ruined a black commercial district for decades.
OK, so we throw out her testimony, and Dorian Johnson’s.
(oops, he recanted)
We still have other witnesses who said the same as her, and then there is the physical evidence which seems to correspond to the testimony.
This was covered on another thread a while back, which cited MO Bar ethics guidelines on Grand Juries.
The job of the Grand Jury, iirc, is to determine whether there is enough evidence to suggest an indictable crime has been committed. The job of the prosecutor is to present evidence, including exculpatory evidence, in an unbiased manner so the GJ can make a decision.
The prosecutor is not supposed to act as an advocate (this is spelled out clearly in the MO guidelines) The problem is that we’ve become so accustomed to the “ham sandwich” line that we fail to recognize it as representing an abuse of the process.
So, do they follow the guidelines in all cases?
How many indictments obtained? How many declined? How many cases total? Circumstances in declined cases? Circumstances in prosecuted cases?
I will do my own homework and get back to the group with actual records.
Thanks (and Merry Christmas!)
This witness sounds like a fruitcake, but there were quite a number of witnesses. And hasn’t the testimony of all witnesses been released?
This article provides no context of how the testimony of this witness fits in with the overall testimony of all witnesses.
Merry Christmas to you too!
One thing to keep in mind, this (as with Garner and Martin) was probably taken to the GJ for political reasons. That Nate Silver Dem numbers shop did a study showing only 11% of cases brought before a GJ don’t lead to an indictment. Supposedly this demonstrates that the GJ process was tainted.
However, prosecutors fail to bring scores of possible cases to a GJ, because they know there isn’t enough evidence to indict let alone convict. The Nate Silver analysis fails to take into consideration that under non politicized circumstances Brown (or Garner) never would have gone to a GJ to begin with.
Recall that there was an original decision to not take Zimmerman to a GJ. This was reversed when the case went political and “something” had to be done.
Sandra McElroy(felon), 45, gave several different accounts of the Michael Brown shooting to investigators.
Buying crack in da hood that day, I guess.
The "head-down, charging" was reported by multiple witnesses.
-New York Daily News-
This witness was debunked in front of the GJ and played no part in their decision.
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