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Originally Posted by driveway
According to MSNBC, immediately prior to Darren Wilson testifying, the Assistant DA handed a piece of paper to the Grand Jury with the specific 1979 Missouri Law which outlined which circumstances make it legal for a police officer to shoot a suspect.
Specifically the statute, Section 563.046 makes it legal for an officer to shoot a suspect simply for the act of running away.
The very, very serious problem with this is that the statue was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1985.
What the Assistant DA handed to the Grand Jury, immediately prior to Darren Wilson's testimony, was something that had not been a law since Ronald Reagan was president, her entire legal career.
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/w...y-364273731666
I no longer believe the DA had any intention of prosecuting Wilson and made a deliberate effort to prejudice the Grand Jury in his favour. |
Certainly interesting. What does the DA gain though? You'd have to think the political and public pressure was to indict and lay charges.