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St. Louis County prosecutor reopened Michael Brown shooting case but won't charge Darren Wilson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | 7/30/2020 | Joel Currier

Posted on 07/30/2020 4:25:54 PM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...


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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

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.


41 posted on 07/30/2020 5:26:29 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: rwa265

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


42 posted on 07/30/2020 5:28:33 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies)
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To: rwa265

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


43 posted on 07/30/2020 5:33:10 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: rwa265
Must be an election year.
44 posted on 07/30/2020 5:35:06 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (America has a DemocRat and RINO problem.)
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To: GnuThere

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


45 posted on 07/30/2020 5:43:46 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: rwa265

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


46 posted on 07/30/2020 6:19:55 PM PDT by jimfree (My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: rwa265

“Pants up, don’t loot”


47 posted on 07/30/2020 6:23:29 PM PDT by Envisioning (Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

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


48 posted on 07/30/2020 6:57:50 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: rwa265
“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.”

49 posted on 07/31/2020 3:18:57 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: rwa265
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.
50 posted on 08/02/2020 12:22:45 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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