@Profepps reasonable doubt, typically the "appropriate" action would be to bring no charges. Here that wasn't possible. So he sought a grand
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@kkaplan reasonable doubt is not the standard for an indictment. -
@Profepps Agree - and I didn't say it should be. But if they thought they couldn't prove a case, not bringing it wouldn't be "wrong" -
@kkaplan and announcing it at night, and delivering a long argument on behalf of Ofc. Wilson was okay because . . . ? -
@Profepps I was merely suggesting what could possibly have been a reason to document dump on the GJ that wasn't outright racism -
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@kkaplan "document dump," so-called, has no relationship to 1) no special prosecutor and 2) prime time announcement. -
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@bbenamati@kkaplan Blame enough to go around; he could have asked for one.
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@Profepps jury charge & gave them a document dump so he got the same result. Not agreeing with it, just trying to find the most acceptable -
@kkaplan And that explains why he announced GJ decision at night? How, exactly? -
@Profepps Oh, not at all - that was just incompetence. -
@kkaplan Or a desire to be on prime time, which is almost worse. -
@Profepps Images of looting are far less sympathetic in the morning paper than images of people crying. -
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@kkaplan Well, yes, I do seriously wonder whether he wanted violence to justify his argument that "the community" killed Michael Brown.
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@Profepps How about, he did his job? The deniers the the GJ people are stupid. Law abiding citizens vs a lynch mob. -
@MelTheMega Ok, there's one. Not a good reason to announce the result at night, but "everyone I dislike is stupid" has a long pedigree. -
@Profepps People who burn and loot there own town are stupid in my book. Telling the national guard to stand down was very stupid. Thgs stpd -
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@MelTheMega "everyone else is stupid" is a statement, but neither relevant nor particularly persuasive. -
@Profepps I was specific. People need to calm down in order to fix it. Im using "stupid" to be PC. The calm people need to begin meeting. -
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@MelTheMega OK, "people who do things I disagree with are stupid" also maybe not as persuasive as you think.
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