St. Louis County prosecutor reopened Michael Brown shooting case but won't charge Darren Wilson

St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | 7/30/2020 | Joel Currier

[rwa265]

St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell said on Thursday that he will not charge the former Ferguson police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in 2014.

Bell said that the significance of the case and requests from Michael Brown’s family prompted his office to quietly re-open an investigation about five months ago, but the office did not have enough evidence to disprove a self-defense claim in trial.

“This is one of the most difficult things I’ve had to do as an elected official,” Bell said beginning a news conference Thursday.

[lizma2]

Didn’t the autopsy show Brown was has hit in the hand when he tried to get Wilson’s gun? Also show his hands weren’t in the air?

I’m beginning to think the percentage of stupid American is growing and I don’t know if we’re gonna make it.

[jmaroneps37]

Maybe our side blackmailed him like the turd in St Louis was blackmailed over her illegal trips to Europe.

[Paladin2]

Brown’s parents need to be charged with child abuse and creating a general nuisance.

[Major Matt Mason]

Must be an election year.

[gundog]

Between the two non-prosecutions, I’m wondering if they’re trying to find a new way to incite the mob.

[jimfree]

I cannot imagine the hate and moral decay that would cause a prosecutor to reopen the case.

[Envisioning]

“Pants up, don’t loot”

[GnuThere]

Now it came out on Hannity the McCloskeys have retained Lin Wood as their lawyer. Hahahaha, StL! Get out your checkbook.

[trebb]

“There is (sic) so many points in which Darren Wilson could have handled the situation differently, and if he had, Michael Brown might still be alive,” he said Thursday. “But that is not the question before us.”

Needs a slight change:

“There is (sic) so many points in which Darren WilsonMichael Brown could have handled the situation differently, and if he had, Michael Brown might still be alive,” he said Thursday. “But that is not the question before us.”

[Impala64ssa]

St Louis prosecutor knows damn well the "gentle giant" who was "starting to turn his life around" had it coming to him when rags like Politico, and the Wash ComPost, have the intellectual honesty to debunk the "hands up don't shoot" narrative, even Politifact gave it their highest PANTS ON FIRE rating.