November 17, 201411 yr Comparison is valid. No two cases are identical. Certainly there are some similarities. I find it difficult to believe that the Boone County grand jury needed just seven hours to sift through a large amount of evidence gathered over six months. It took me about an hour just to read the transcript and then listen to the deputy's account of that fateful night. If there was truly something incriminating it would have only taken the Grand Jury about 7 minutes, 7 hours tells me the Grand Jury looked hard at any potential wrong doing and came to the conclusion there was not enough evidence to indict the Deputy.
November 17, 201411 yr Comparison is valid. No two cases are identical. Certainly there are some similarities. I find it difficult to believe that the Boone County grand jury needed just seven hours to sift through a large amount of evidence gathered over six months. It took me about an hour just to read the transcript and then listen to the deputy's account of that fateful night. How many hours has the Ferguson Grand Jury sat? Shoot, Ferguson could be dragging it's feet due to political pressures and actually reached a decision in 5 hours. You really can't compare one to the other. That's just ludicrous.
November 17, 201411 yr If there was truly something incriminating it would have only taken the Grand Jury about 7 minutes, 7 hours tells me the Grand Jury looked hard at any potential wrong doing and came to the conclusion there was not enough evidence to indict the Deputy. Hogwash.
November 17, 201411 yr I am all ears, explain it to me? Seven minutes? You serious? So you have no doubt whatsoever that the deputy acted properly -- even though this shooting likely would not have been justified under Louisville Metro guidelines? No dispute whatsoever that his only course of action was to fire four shots into this girl's torso from less than three feet away? No doubts at all about how he ended up on the hood of the Subaru? Obviously, the Boone County grand jury had no doubts either.
November 17, 201411 yr Seven minutes? You serious? So you have no doubt whatsoever that the deputy acted properly -- even though this shooting likely would not have been justified under Louisville Metro guidelines? No dispute whatsoever that his only course of action was to fire four shots into this girl's torso from less than three feet away? No doubts at all about how he ended up on the hood of the Subaru? Obviously, the Boone County grand jury had no doubts either. And they heard all of the evidence and facts. Did you? Do you have experience in a grand jury?
November 17, 201411 yr Seven minutes? You serious? So you have no doubt whatsoever that the deputy acted properly -- even though this shooting likely would not have been justified under Louisville Metro guidelines? No dispute whatsoever that his only course of action was to fire four shots into this girl's torso from less than three feet away? No doubts at all about how he ended up on the hood of the Subaru? Obviously, the Boone County grand jury had no doubts either. I said 90/10. I believe the Deputy made a tactical error by getting too close to a moving vehicle but beyond that I find it hard to fault him in any way. The point I am making is if Deputy Brockman violated a law or "trashed" a department policy it should be pretty clear cut and not take long to articulate. Coming full circle, I have some small doubts, but I have also done the job and as horrible as this turned out it goes with the territory.
November 17, 201411 yr And they heard all of the evidence and facts. Did you? Do you have experience in a grand jury? We don't know what the grand jury heard or didn't hear. It's all hush-hush. Did the prosecutor -- as has been speculated -- mainly present the deputy's case to the grand jury? Therein lies much of the problem. We have no idea if they heard "all" the facts. When I see that this entire case was dispatched in seven hours ... presentation of evidence, lunch, weighing of evidence and reaching an actual grand jury decision ... sorry.
November 17, 201411 yr We don't know what the grand jury heard or didn't hear. It's all hush-hush. Did the prosecutor -- as has been speculated -- mainly present the deputy's case to the grand jury? Therein lies much of the problem. We have no idea if they heard "all" the facts. When I see that this entire case was dispatched in seven hours ... presentation of evidence, lunch, weighing of evidence and reaching an actual grand jury decision ... sorry. That's true of every grand jury, isn't it?
November 17, 201411 yr That's true of every grand jury, isn't it? A glitch in our legal system. What we did not have here was a tough attorney challenging the "official story" in open court -- key word being "open."
November 17, 201411 yr A glitch in our legal system. What we did not have here was a tough attorney challenging the "official story" in open court -- key word being "open." Write your congressman
November 17, 201411 yr A glitch in our legal system. What we did not have here was a tough attorney challenging the "official story" in open court -- key word being "open." For that to happen you'd have to charge someone even if the evidence didn't support it. Are you okay with that?
November 17, 201411 yr For that to happen you'd have to charge someone even if the evidence didn't support it. Are you okay with that? Your point is valid. The alternative, however, is being forced to accept a decision shrouded in secrecy.
November 17, 201411 yr Your point is valid. The alternative, however, is being forced to accept a decision shrouded in secrecy. Democracy at its finest. God bless the USA.
November 17, 201411 yr Your point is valid. The alternative, however, is being forced to accept a decision shrouded in secrecy. So would you rather charge someone when there isn't enough evidence then? If so, in all cases or only in the cases where police are the accused?
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