Another grand jury fail...

[liberty]

I agree with the majority; this is not right people are not supposed to die in custody or even be injury unless it is necessary to maintain order. But I don’t see murder or maybe not even manslaughter, but negligence yes. They had a duty to insure the detainee remain healthy and they failed to do it. Now if there is a law that prohibits a chokehold then that is another matter.

[wesw]

apparently the grand jury was not allowed to consider a reckless endangerment charge. seems as if the fix was in.....

[wesw]

I wonder if the cop who busted out the car window with an ax, for a passenger seatbelt violation, will face charges. he should be charged in my opinion

just because I don t see the ferguson case as chargeable, doesn t mean I don t realize that the police abuse our citizenry far too often.

[oldr_n_wsr]

oldr,

If the folks who marched on Selma in the streets and over bridges had instead marched away from anywhere where anyone would be bothered or any traffic would be disrupted, there would have been no fire hoses and police attack dogs set on marchers and no video of that on national television then there might never have been a Civil Rights Act, or the getting of one might have taken much longer.

Peaceful protest in the streets that disrupts traffic and the normal routine and makes it onto national television and radio and now on the interwebs in videos and blog postings is exactly what is needed to achieve real reform in policing in this country, and real reform in policing is needed nationwide.

I wish there was a march near me, I'd happily join in.

You might sing a different tune if the the fire dept was delayed getting to your burning house or the EMT's were late to your friends heart attack because of these protestors and their "methods".

There is plenty of news coverage now-a-days that they can protest and not block traffic. Everybody is a cameraman in this day and age. And now that i think of it, it is odd that there is no video of what happened in Fergeson.

[liberty]

oldr,

If the folks who marched on Selma in the streets and over bridges had instead marched away from anywhere where anyone would be bothered or any traffic would be disrupted, there would have been no fire hoses and police attack dogs set on marchers and no video of that on national television then there might never have been a Civil Rights Act, or the getting of one might have taken much longer.

Peaceful protest in the streets that disrupts traffic and the normal routine and makes it onto national television and radio and now on the interwebs in videos and blog postings is exactly what is needed to achieve real reform in policing in this country, and real reform in policing is needed nationwide.

I wish there was a march near me, I'd happily join in.

You might sing a different tune if the the fire dept was delayed getting to your burning house or the EMT's were late to your friends heart attack because of these protestors and their "methods".

There is plenty of news coverage now-a-days that they can protest and not block traffic. Everybody is a cameraman in this day and age. And now that i think of it, it is odd that there is no video of what happened in Fergeson.

I had the same feeling or at least photos and I suspect it may come out someday .

[oldr_n_wsr]

I always felt that peoples rights to protest ends when they become a threat to the safety of the rest of society (or even themselves).