Quote (bogie160 @ Mar 8 2021 07:48pm)
There was no evidence to support charges. Credible witnesses validated the officer's story. Forensic evidence validated the officer's story. The prosecutor did not want to find himself leading a failed prosecution into an officer of the law where the evidence completely prevented any sort of positive verdict (for the prosecutor).
There is no reason to be conspiratorial when there are simpler explanations available to us. The burden of proof for a conspiracy is understandably significant.
Oh yeah, I forgot you've dismissed people saying exactly what they did and why as a conspiracy before.
You really think prosecutors make a habit of not asking for charges? That just by coincidence there was only one case where the prosecutor wasn't convinced there was a need for charges on that day, and that his family ties to law enforcement had no effect, and that his routinely working with that police department had no effect, and that he openly admitted to what he did and why is just a "conspiracy".
lol
Really though, two things can be true at once. The prosecutor can throw the case, and the case can be bad. This might have been one of those cases, but the routine abuses by the police department and the judicial system of Ferguson are well documented in the report you yourself are citing. So it's only an issue that it's a weak case to people who want to pretend it's all about one incident and not about a nation wide and local pattern of abuse.
This post was edited by Thor123422 on Mar 8 2021 07:57pm