Nixon made the comment in a videotaped statement in which he said he would not remove St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch from the case despite the demands of some black leaders who believe that McCulloch's deep family ties to law enforcement would affect his impartiality. McCullouch's father, mother, brother, uncle and cousin all worked for the St. Louis Police Department, and his father was killed while responding to a call involving a black suspect.
In his statement, Nixon cited what he called the "well-established process" by which prosecutors can recuse themselves from pending investigations to make way for a special prosecutor. Departing from that process, Nixon said in a statement, "could unnecessarily inject legal uncertainty into this matter and potentially jeopardize the prosecution."
"We have a responsibility," Nixon said, "to come together, and do everything we can to achieve justice for [Brown's] family." Nixon added that McCulloch and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder had an obligation "to achieve justice in the shooting death of Michael Brown must be carried out thoroughly, promptly, and correctly."
"It's really heartbreaking to see a man elected to an office that high in our state government ... come out with a statement like that, that does prejudge the case," Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder told Fox News' Shepard Smith late Tuesday. "It would be wrong for a prosecutor to say what the governor has said here tonight and it's wrong for the governor of Missouri to have said it."
Nixon and McCulloch are Democrats, while Kinder is a Republican. Under Missouri law, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected separately.............."
Translation: We want Wilson’s head and if this guy is standing in our way we will destroy him too.
Related:
Gov. Nixon Calls For ‘Vigorous Prosecution’ in Brown Shooting
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3194876/posts
Do the Ferguson Protestors Really Want Justice?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3194871/posts
“replace him with a special prosecutor”
Translation:
“replace the racist white prosecutor with a racist black prosecutor”
Nabila Nasheed. Looks like the “Taliban is in the building” applies here too.
Nice to see someone in Missouri recognize is being an Obama hack.
So here we go black people, cops will no longer patrol your hoods. Cop free zones. Good look morons.
The article states McCulloch favors the police in prosecutions. The way it works here is the police present a case to the prosecuting attorney. He either agrees and brings charges or disagrees and does not bring charges. The prosecution and the police are different areas of the state’s justice system. They must work hand-in-glove to investigate, present and prosecute cases. So, what would it look like if McCulloch agreed with the police to bring a case and then did not support or tried to destroy the case they helped him build? Destroying that case is the defense’s job.
Jamilah Nasheed, Democrat muslim high school dropout radical
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The Special Prosecutor idea could backfire. Oh, wait, Trey Gowdy’s busy.