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Tag Archives: Ferguson Missouri

This Letter Could Restart The Case Against Darren Wilson

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Robert A. Vella
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The NAACP Legal Defense Fund* wrote an open letter to Missouri Judge Maura McShane asking her to investigate Ferguson prosecutor Bob McCulloch and his team for misconduct. The NAACP notes that, under Missouri law, McShane has the authority to investigate McCulloch and appoint a new special prosecutor to handle the case against Darren Wilson. Such a move would effectively restart the case against Wilson for killing Michael Brown, after no charges were filed against Wilson during last year’s grand jury proceeding.

The group of experts assembled by the NAACP to review the grand jury transcripts “were struck by the deeply unfair manner in which the proceedings were conducted.” The NAACP cites three areas of particular concern.

Continue reading:  http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/01/06/3608333/naacp-demands-judge-investigate-ferguson-prosecutor/

Posted in Racism, Social Justice & Reform | Tagged Darren Wilson, false testimony, Ferguson Missouri, grand jury decision, institutional bias, Maura McShane, Michael Brown, NAACP, prosecutorial misconduct, Robert McCulloch | Leave a reply

Two more St. Louis area police officers suspended, KKK donates to killer of Michael Brown

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Robert A. Vella
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Reblogged from The Secular Jurist:

By Robert A. Vella

The news coming out of Ferguson, Missouri keeps getting weirder and more troubling.

After a St. Ann police officer was suspended earlier this week for pointing an assault weapon at protesters in Ferguson and threatening to kill them, two more St. Louis area police officers have been suspended for similarly bizarre behavior.

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Posted in Racism | Tagged anti-government fervor, Dan Page, Darren Wilson, Ferguson Missouri, fundraising, GoFundMe, KKK, Matthew Pappert, Michael Brown, Oath Keepers, police misconduct, police officers suspended, racist comments, religious fanaticism, St. Louis County, white supremacy | Leave a reply

Our Communities Are Not War Zones!

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Tanya
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Illuminate

Photo courtesy of aclu.org Photo courtesy of aclu.org

I recently received this message, and an accompanying petition, in an email from the ACLU:

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Posted in Human Rights, Petitions, Racism, Social Justice & Reform | Tagged Civil Rights, Departments of Defense, Ferguson Missouri, Justice, Michael Brown, Militarization of Police, Petitions, Police Brutality, Protests in Ferguson, racism, Riots in Ferguson, SWAT in Ferguson | Leave a reply

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