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Ferguson / Staten Island Decisions -- No Indictments

So OK, all those crazy witnesses on Brown's side that were so easily dismissed ...

According to The Smoking Gun, Witness 40 -- a crucial witness for Darren Wilson, the one who said Brown was beating up Wilson and then charged at him "like a football player, head down" -- is a 46-year-old bipolar woman who lives 30 miles away and is known for her racist rants. She was previously a witness to another high-profile case before authorities determined her story was a "complete fabrication."

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/unmasking-Ferguson-witness-40-496236

Her first account to police was nearly four weeks after the shooting. By all indications, it appears she was not present at the time of the incident.
 
Apologies if this was already posted... the board is still wonky with finding newest posts in a thread.

Andrew Hawkins wore a shirt before Sunday's Browns game, protesting the shootings of Tamir Rice and John Crawford.

After the police issued a statement criticizing Hawkins, the WR replied with an eloquent soliloquy in response:

http://www.espncleveland.com/common/more.php?m=49&post_id=40811

"Being a police officer takes bravery. And I understand that they're put in difficult positions and have to make those snap decisions. As a football player, I know a little bit about snap decisions, obviously on an extremely lesser and non-comparative scale, because when a police officer makes a snap decision, it's literally a matter of life and death. That's hard a situation to be in. But if the wrong decision is made, based on pre-conceived notions or the wrong motives, I believe there should be consequence. Because without consequence, naturally the magnitude of the snap decisions is lessened, whether consciously or unconsciously.
 
So OK, all those crazy witnesses on Brown's side that were so easily dismissed ...

According to The Smoking Gun, Witness 40 -- a crucial witness for Darren Wilson, the one who said Brown was beating up Wilson and then charged at him "like a football player, head down" -- is a 46-year-old bipolar woman who lives 30 miles away and is known for her racist rants. She was previously a witness to another high-profile case before authorities determined her story was a "complete fabrication."

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/unmasking-Ferguson-witness-40-496236

Her first account to police was nearly four weeks after the shooting. By all indications, it appears she was not present at the time of the incident.


Holly crap. How did they keep that information from the Grand Jury?
 
Apologies if this was already posted... the board is still wonky with finding newest posts in a thread.

Andrew Hawkins wore a shirt before Sunday's Browns game, protesting the shootings of Tamir Rice and John Crawford.

After the police issued a statement criticizing Hawkins, the WR replied with an eloquent soliloquy in response:

http://www.espncleveland.com/common/more.php?m=49&post_id=40811

Eloquent yes but "consequences" might result in a lot of dead cops
 

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