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dballance

(5,756 posts)
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 08:01 PM Nov 2014

Pressure Nixon to Appoint a Special Prosectuter.

As I understand it, Gov. Nixon can appoint a special prosecutor and we should pressure him to do so.

The concept of "Double Jeopardy" does not apply here. Wilson did not go before a jury of his peers. He was simply not indicted. That does not mean a subsequent prosecutor cannot bring charges.

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Pressure Nixon to Appoint a Special Prosectuter. (Original Post) dballance Nov 2014 OP
It's like all of a sudden I was transported back to Watergate when I read this. . . n/t Stargleamer Nov 2014 #1
Jesus, yes...I just had a flashback... First Speaker Nov 2014 #8
Someone posted earlier that he couldn't do it unilaterally BumRushDaShow Nov 2014 #2
Would that bring the AG into it? loyalsister Nov 2014 #3
Primary the asshat Kalidurga Nov 2014 #4
If you're referring to Nixon mythology Nov 2014 #5
If I were in Ferguson, I'd be demonstrating in front of McCulloch's house 24/7 aint_no_life_nowhere Nov 2014 #6
That might work RobertEarl Nov 2014 #7

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
8. Jesus, yes...I just had a flashback...
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 09:35 PM
Nov 2014

...I went to college right next to the White House all thru that...a surreal experience...

BumRushDaShow

(128,951 posts)
2. Someone posted earlier that he couldn't do it unilaterally
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 08:21 PM
Nov 2014

He would need a local D.A. to recluse and request it.

http://sync.democraticunderground.com/10025873111

I think there was also standalone OP saying the same.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
3. Would that bring the AG into it?
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 08:31 PM
Nov 2014

If so, there's no way. I think part of the motivation for Nixon's despicable behavior has been to protect the AG politically. Chris Koster (democrat since 2007) is the heir apparent 2016 Democratic candidate for governor.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
4. Primary the asshat
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 09:09 PM
Nov 2014

Keep telling him that will be the outcome. I don't know Misery politics thankfully. But, up here he would just be out.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
6. If I were in Ferguson, I'd be demonstrating in front of McCulloch's house 24/7
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 09:19 PM
Nov 2014

rather than breaking store windows and setting things on fire. Thousands of people camping out in the street in front of his house might get his attention. Shame him into agreeing to a special prosecutor anywhere he goes in the United States.

Just read parts of Wilson's grand jury testimony, as pointed out by the Washington Post. Of course Wilson's story was consistent. He was being fed the answers contained within the prosecutor's questions, something called "leading the witness", making his testimony choreographed and scripted with a specific result in mind.

“So you got out of the car, you are running, you are telling to stop; is that right?

“Correct,’’ Wilson responds.

“And he’s not listening?’’ the prosecutor asks.

“No,’’ Wilson says.

At another point, a prosecutor tells Wilson that she doesn’t want to “put words in your mouth” even while asking that, as Brown was allegedly striking the officer in the face as he sat in his police car, “it was your opinion that you needed to pull out your weapon?’’

“I felt another one of those punches in my face could knock me out or worse,’’ Wilson testified. “I mean, it was, he’s obviously bigger than I was and stronger and I’ve already taken two to the face and .?.?. the third one could be fatal if it hit me right.’’

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
7. That might work
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 09:32 PM
Nov 2014

It is quite obvious that the prosecutor in this case wanted to see NO indictment.

If he had wanted an indictment by the grand jury, there would heave been an indictment.

It is the job of a prosecutor to prosecute. That was NOT done in this case. What happened here was a defense of the police officer.

So what we have here is a subversion of the judicial system and no fair trial for the accused.

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