TYT: Ferguson Prosecutor Bob McCulloch: Corrupt or Incompetent?

[WhoIsNumberNone]

"Ferguson reminds us that we still have a race problem in America. But the face of this problem is not Darren Wilson's. It's Bob McCulloch's.

Wilson, the Missouri police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, is the target of most public ire. But no responsible person thought Wilson's killing of Michael Brown was premeditated. Even if prosecutors tried him on lesser charges of involuntary manslaughter, they might well have come up empty, and most people would have accepted that result of a fair trial.

What causes the outrage, and the despair, is the joke of a grand-jury proceeding run under the auspices of McCulloch, the St. Louis County prosecutor. In September, I wrote that it appeared he wasn't even trying to get an indictment; he had a long record of protecting police in such cases, and his decision not to recommend a specific charge to the grand jury essentially guaranteed there would be no indictment.
"* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (TYT University) break it down.

[Archae]

1. Corrupt or incompetent?

Yes.

[chervilant]

2. BOTH. n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

3. I hate being forced to choose ... so I'm gonna say both, among other things. nt

[Jack Rabbit]

4. McCulloch is much more corrupt than incompetent

McCulloch knew exactly what he was doing: throwing the case.

What's new is that McCulloch threw the case at the GJ stage, rather than getting the indictment and then prosecuting then case ineptly on purpose.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

7. I'm guessing it was cheaper that way

Not to mention much less chance of any embarrassing surprises...

[turbinetree]

5. BOTH

HE knew exactly on what he was doing ,and he should be IMPEACHED

[Kalidurga]

6. I am pretty sure the answer is

C. Both

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Corrupt AND incompetent.

[zeemike]

9. Don't kid yourself, he is not incompetent.

But he is corrupt...and the corrupt hide behind incompetence to keep from going to jail.

[blkmusclmachine]

10. George W. Bush did it for 8 years

[Jack Rabbit]

11. Yeah, but when you look into the Frat Boy's eyes, you know there's nothing behind them

Somehow, I can't say that about McCulloch.