“the original prosecutors declined to prosecute.
Should they be charged with crimes and/or disbarred?”
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There was no prosecuter. You’re thinking of the defendant’s drinking buddy, the DA. He resigned from the case due to obvious reasons; fixing parking tickets for pals is one thing - this matter is something else. He is already in the sights of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (if not the FBI) for his part in the mess.
But he apparently has never even seen the video tape the whole world has - the report says “McMichael stated they pulled up beside the male and shouted ‘stop’ again, at which time Travis exited the truck with the shotgun”.
Instead the video shows they were obviously already parked and waiting for the victim and, second, the killer was already out of the car and armed - standing in the street on the left side of the truck and charged, with his weapon, at the victim on the right side of the truck.
So the DA either didn’t see the video or just decided he could get away with letting the lies be.
Either way, he’s clammed up. In that way he’s brighter than the defendants (an admittedly low bar). If he were really smart he’d roll over on his buddies in exchange for a better outcome for himself.
By all accounts pretty much the entire county LE system is corrupt and in need of a good flushing. I expect it will be forthcoming down the road.
Love your posts. Many thanks.