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Originally Posted by whell
It sounds like the evidence is being presented to the Grand Jury in MO, and the Feds who are looking in a Civil Rights case. From the article:
The officials said that while the federal investigation was continuing, the evidence so far did not support civil rights charges against Officer Wilson.
Thankfully, unlike some cases, some legal processes are not conducted like a media circus by the officials in charge. It used to be uncommon for evidence to be distributed to the media before a trial. Nowadays, sometimes both sides actively attempt to taint the jury pool ahead of a trial by whatever means necessary.
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Which is exactly what the police did when they released the video of the strong armed robbery by Brown.
Wilson will never get put on trial...but this case shows that when the police want to they can sort of sit on the scales of justice when it suits them. Regular people do not get such courtesy. A citizen would not get a grand jury so receptive to Wilson and be allowed to testify. The police do however.