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Related: About this forumTYT: Ferguson Prosecutor Bob McCulloch: Corrupt or Incompetent?
"Ferguson reminds us that we still have a race problem in America. But the face of this problem is not Darren Wilson's. It's Bob McCulloch's.
Wilson, the Missouri police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, is the target of most public ire. But no responsible person thought Wilson's killing of Michael Brown was premeditated. Even if prosecutors tried him on lesser charges of involuntary manslaughter, they might well have come up empty, and most people would have accepted that result of a fair trial.
What causes the outrage, and the despair, is the joke of a grand-jury proceeding run under the auspices of McCulloch, the St. Louis County prosecutor. In September, I wrote that it appeared he wasn't even trying to get an indictment; he had a long record of protecting police in such cases, and his decision not to recommend a specific charge to the grand jury essentially guaranteed there would be no indictment.
"* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (TYT University) break it down.
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TYT: Ferguson Prosecutor Bob McCulloch: Corrupt or Incompetent? (Original Post)
WhoIsNumberNone
Dec 2014
OP
I hate being forced to choose ... so I'm gonna say both, among other things. nt
eppur_se_muova
Dec 2014
#3
Yeah, but when you look into the Frat Boy's eyes, you know there's nothing behind them
Jack Rabbit
Dec 2014
#11
Archae
(46,359 posts)1. Corrupt or incompetent?
Yes.
chervilant
(8,267 posts)2. BOTH. n/t
eppur_se_muova
(36,305 posts)3. I hate being forced to choose ... so I'm gonna say both, among other things. nt
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)4. McCulloch is much more corrupt than incompetent
McCulloch knew exactly what he was doing: throwing the case.
What's new is that McCulloch threw the case at the GJ stage, rather than getting the indictment and then prosecuting then case ineptly on purpose.
WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)7. I'm guessing it was cheaper that way
Not to mention much less chance of any embarrassing surprises...
turbinetree
(24,726 posts)5. BOTH
HE knew exactly on what he was doing ,and he should be IMPEACHED
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)6. I am pretty sure the answer is
C. Both
Baitball Blogger
(46,769 posts)8. Corrupt AND incompetent.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)9. Don't kid yourself, he is not incompetent.
But he is corrupt...and the corrupt hide behind incompetence to keep from going to jail.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)10. George W. Bush did it for 8 years
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)11. Yeah, but when you look into the Frat Boy's eyes, you know there's nothing behind them
Somehow, I can't say that about McCulloch.