Justice was denied them by a crooked DA and a complicit system. A civil suit will not be the same as a criminal one, but I hope they win just the same. At least the facts will come out.

gutted civil rights law.. from the link..

"Brown had the right to “life itself,” too. Wilson took it away—and there’s almost nothing the federal government can do about it. The KKK began its reign of terror in 1865. The brutal Selma assault on civil rights protesters occurred in 1965. And in 2014, we still don’t have a federal law to protect unarmed black boys from getting gunned down by cops in the street."

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Feds can’t charge Darren Wilson because the Supreme Court gutted civil rights law. By @mjs_DC http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/11/will_justice_department_charge_darren_wilson_supreme_court_gutted_civil.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_bot … via @slate

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The report says that the evidence--including the accounts of the most credible witnesses--suggests that, once outside the car, Wilson did not fire at Brown until Brown ran towards Wilson.

So that we can get justice for Mike Brown.

That will likely work against them in civil court.

On Michael Brown this poster says.. "Their son was a criminal who attacked a cop. After he stole from a store and assaulted an old man. They won't see a thin dime from this. Except for movie rights, book deals, etc." rw garbage.. I'm "shocked" it's on DU.

JURY RESULTS

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Thu Mar 5, 2015, 10:01 PM, and voted 4-3 to HIDE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Yuck.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Feh. That is one obnoxious comment. Hide it.
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given

At least there were four people on the jury who agreed it had no place on DU.

I added my explanation too late, I see, so it wasn't included.

What I tried to add is as follows:

Their son is deceased. His fate was met, because he was jaywalking.

The above needs to be understood before you can fully understand it all.

Until we can acknowledge the distrust, between both the police, and the community they are policing, it's useless.

We need to figure out how something that should have been so routine, as far as dealing with teens, turned into a dead teen on the street.

It was ugly and a 4-3 hide, skinner, hello....the jury sucks.


Sorry correct that... whoosh. Tired. Nope, they did right to hide,,,,,,should have been 0-7. It's late Cha. Tired and had a bad day.

I felt the same about those three on that jury, she..

Screwed up. Tired~

luv ya.

I know I will get shit for saying that, but it looks like Brown did charge Wilson.

I do think, though, that the white contractor that said Brown at first had his hands out in front of him and was saying "okay okay" (about 8 okays) had no reason to lie about that. One possibility that seems consistent with the blood evidence is that Brown tried to surrender, but then Wilson fired at him and so Brown charged Wilson in a desperate attempt to defend himself.

I need to look at the report again and think about it some more.

how his weapon came to be out of its holster. What possible reason could killer cop Wilson have had to unholster his weapon?

(Hint: they found evidence that Brown's hands were inside Wilson's vehicle.)

... as his activities were done under his duties as a law enforcement officer?

IOW, if he gets sued, who is on the hook for the bill?

In my view there will not be any damages given the DOJ report. They are filing a suit in hopes to get the city to settle for something out of court. If the city says no they will not win in court in my view.

... Brown reaching for his waistband after he turned around

The defendants just want it to go away, and the last thing the plaintiffs would want would be a full-blown trial, given the many witnesses who lied and changed their stories. My guess is an amount in the low six figures will do the job.