Napoleon the Clown wrote: Shitty people do shitty things regardless. It's not unreasonable for people to look at a case like this with a lot of suspicion. See the parts mentioned between your reply and my current reply on how there wasn't an incident report filed. That does not look good at all.
Generally when an officer is involved in a shooting it is the homicide unit, or assigned detective, that prepares and writes a report and not the officer who fired the shots. That shouldn't be taken to mean that the officer isn't required to explain his reasoning in detail because he/she is and it's usually done via recording or written witness statement.
So, the criticism that Wilson didn't file a report needs to be explored further to find out exactly what wasn't filed. If Wilson was interviewed in a timely manner then his statement was on file and procedure was followed. So, I went and looked up the readily available evidence and I found the interview conducted with Officer Wilson by a police detective and it took me all of five minutes to do so. It took place on August 10th at 1016am. The shooting was on Aug 9th sometime around noon. So, Wilson was interviewed in less than 24 hours.
Keep in mind timely manner means that Wilson must be given the opportunity to consult an attorney. Which is what he did do because the attorney was present during this interview. Given the obvious controversial issue with this shooting it could also be that the on duty watch commander required that another agency conduct the interview.
So, I guess I'm forced to ask this question. With readily available evidence why are those that are most critical not actually looking at it?
Why do you take it that way? Are you attempting to evaluate your abilities as a mind reader? I'll tell you what. Since you decided to take liberties and pretend to know what I'm thinking and responded in a passive aggressive manner instead of straight up asking me what I think about it you can think whatever you want about what I think of the prosecutors history. Good luck with your new act, Axel Hellstrom. Can we do a board vote to have your user name changed to Axel? That sounds bad ass...(joking with you)Thanas wrote:And I take it you think the proseccutor's history is just fine and dandy?
So, if we don't like the prosecutor and others involved then we're excused from evaluating the evidence that has been made completely available by said people. Fascinating.I am not commenting on the merits of this case. I think the way they handled this is beyond shady, the persons involved are even shadier and the prosecutor couldn't have come across more unlikable if he had actually tried to do so in the press conference.
So, you're not satisfied with the prosecutors job. Have you compared his initial interview with the detective on Aug 10th? I'm curious about to hear your opinion regarding questions you think needed to be asked.EDIT: Reading through Wilsons testimony now and this is basically a shit job by the prosecutor. They are softballing him all the way, letting him tell his story without asking any questions and don't try to hit him with any inconsistencies. They never wanted an indictment.
By the way, I am currently going through the evidence but I have very limited time lately. But I just wanted you to know that I am going through it and I actually haven't made my conclusion regarding the decision of the Grand Jury. It's just that those that have made their decision but haven't reviewed the evidence brought me into this thread.