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Further: The prosecutor, Bob McCulloch, in the Darren Wilson case admitted he presented false evidence to the grand jury that returned a no bill against a cop who shot an unarmed black teenager. The killing caused days of violent protest in Ferguson, MO
[see below]. McCulloch admitted he permitted a woman to testify to the grand jury who was not present at the homicide scene
[photo]. The woman has a history of bipolar disorder and making racist remarks. She testified that Michael Brown charged officer Wilson "like a football player, head down". Two days of secret testimony from "Witness 40" buttressed Wilson's claim he shot Brown in self-defense.
McCulloch breached his professional ethics to refrain from using evidence known to be false.
Journalists were able to piece together the fact that Sandra McElroy was not in Ferguson on the day of the shooting. She did posts comments on her Facebook account showing she supported the police version of events and was closely following developments in the case. In one comment she posted a version of the photo above with her caption, "Michael Brown already received JUSTICE. So please stop asking for it." McElroy lives 30 miles away from Ferguson. She claims she was in Ferguson attempting to find a high school classmate she had not seen in 26 years. Because of the glaring, and admitted bias of the country prosecutor, the Presiding Judge of the 21st Circuit may be persuaded to appoint a special prosecutor to present the homicide to another grand jury. If that occurs, then Michael Brown will, at last, receive justice.
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Latest: {20.08.14}Ferguson was again racked with street violence Monday night. Peaceful demonstrations quickly turned ugly. Police supported by National Guard shot fusillades of stun grenades and tear gas to disrupt protestors. Police say gunshots were fired at them. Ferguson has a long history of racial discord, and the election of America's first mulatto president who plays golf has done little to quell the current racial unrest that began after a black teenager was apparently executed by a Ferguson cop on August 9th. An autopsy by New York city's former medical examiner shows that the fatal wound of at least six gun shots entered Michael Brown's head from a high angle at the rear, an angle that corroborates an eyewitness statement that the cop shot Brown twice in the head as he lay bleeding in the street. The county prosecutor's office said evidence presentation to a grand jury could begin as early as Wednesday. Ferguson's government is dominated by whites
[chart, above]. Chapter 563 of the Missouri Revised Statutes allows police to use deadly force to make an arrest or prevent an escape if the cop "reasonably believes" deadly force is necessary. A white grand jury will decide if administering a
coup de gras to an unarmed, wounded man lying on the pavement was a subjectively reasonable use of force. Just for the record,
US Person does not think so, but then he does not live in Missouri. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe whose members include the United States and Russia criticized the treatment of journalists covering the civil unrest. Several have been hit by tear gas and arrested.
{18.08.14}More: Street protests again errupted in Ferguson, Mo. late Sunday night after the results of an autopsy on Michael Brown became publicly known. A preliminary report
corroborates the statements of witnesses who say Brown was shot multiple times, twice in the head at relatively close range (beyond two feet) as the police officer responsible for the homicide stood near the unfatally wounded man lying on the pavement. If this version of events holds up to further investigation, this police homicide clearly becomes a criminal manslaughter at least. Police responded to "provocateurs" (NBC Nightly News) violating the state-imposed curfew using tear gas and smoke grenades. A student working as a volunteer at a local radio station, Radio Argus, was threatened with deadly force when police ordered him to stop streaming their operations live. Mustafa Hussein was told to "get the fuck out of here. You get that light off or you're going to get shot with this!" Police in Ferguson are heavily armed with military-grade weapons and dressed in military camouflage. The state's National Guard was deployed by the Missouri governor to help police suppress the disorder. The governor in an interview reminded the press that cops are authorized to use deadly force, but his statement clearly reveals his lack of understanding that the authority does not extend to street executions. The mother of Michael Brown has called for the arrest of Ferguson cop, Darren Wilson.
{15.08.14}Unfortunately yes. Because the constitutional line between civilian police and the United States military complex is being rapidly obliterated after thirteen years of dangerous obsession with practically non-existent domestic terror. The Pentagon armed the Ferguson police department with surplus military weapons under the "1033 Program", in reality a ridiculous ploy to spread the corporate police state. Nearly half a billion dollars worth of equipment was sent to local law enforcement in 2013. Weapons range from automatic carbines, and body armor to armored vehicles. It is all part of a mentality that sees other Americans as potential terror threats, especially if they are of a different ethnic group. Fifty-two of the fifty-five Ferguson cops are white in a community that is 67% black. The out-of-control cops there once charged
a black suspect and the wrong man with "property damage" for bleeding on their uniforms after four cops beat him in a jail cell. Ferguson is under siege by racist, militarized police because residents dared to protest the police homicide of a black teenager*.
The town is locked-down and a no-fly zone established.
Protestors and homeowners alike faced rubber bullets, smoke grenades and tear gas. Police with sniper rifles in armored vehicles patrol the streets.
Even journalists are being arrested for not obeying police orders to leave fast enough. Meanwhile, the elites party on at Martha's Vineyard where they "dance every dance" as Ferguson, Mo.
is turned into Cairo, Egypt.
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*Police authorities attempted to smear the character of the dead teenager, Michael Brown, by releasing information about a convenience store robbery at the same time as identifying the police officer who shot Brown multiple times. Later the Ferguson police chief was forced to clarify the confrontation between Brown and Darren Wilson. Wilson did not know of the robbery or the report identifying Brown as the primary suspect. Wilson stopped Brown for "obstructing traffic", according to the chief. It is worth mentioning that the police officer who wrote the report naming Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson as suspects, submitted it after he viewed the body of Brown at the scene of the shooting. A forensic expert told media Brown was shot six times including twice in the head at close range. Pathetic.
