Jay Nixon is a damned bonehead.

[blogslut]

Just heard on MSNBC - he won't tell the county prosecutor to recuse himself. What a clueless idiot.

Statement liberated from grrr Politico:

“From the outset, I have been clear about the need to have a vigorous prosecution of this case, and that includes minimizing any potential legal uncertainty. I am not asking St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCullough to recuse himself from this case,” he said.

“There is a well-established process by which a prosecutor can recuse themselves from a pending investigation, and a special prosecutor be appointed,” Nixon continued. “Departing from this established process could unnecessarily inject legal uncertainty into this matter and potentially jeopardize the prosecution.”

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. There will be no charges filed in this case

The St. Louis County DA is acting as counsel for the defense, while the Ferguson PD and St. Louis County PD act as a PR agency for Wilson.

The whole process is a joke, and will end with "There wasn't enough evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."

Oh, there will be a party by our resident racists, make no mistake. They'll squeal and dance.

[gvstn]

3. With Holder as AG we know that Fed charges won't be filed.

"There wasn't enough evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt", seems to be Holder's mantra--especially when he senses the other side will put up a fight.

[Brigid]

5. If this grand jury comes back with a "no bill" . . .

We will be seeing TV images the likes of which we haven't seen since the sixties. I'm sure of it.

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. They will not indict because the DA will present a pro-Wilson narrative

We already know this since all the local authorities have been leaking and building that narrative all week in an attempt to color the grand jury proceedings, even having police "sources" leak completely uncorroborated information about a "dozen" witnesses to a reporter on FMLA leave from the St. Louis Dispatch in order to give her subsequent tweet to that effect an air of journalistic validity. (Kudos to the paper for making her retract...she should be shitcanned for being either a willing participant or a monumentally gullible dupe in a fraud on the good name if her employer). That's the lengths that the people supposed to be investigating this homicide are going to in order to clear the killer - their own colleague! - of charges.

There will be no indictment. Bank it.

[Brigid]

9. And I will also bank . . .

That in that case Ferguson will explode.

[HooptieWagon]

10. Yep.

The past week will be just a warm-up. And there will be other protests, around the country.

[Dawson Leery]

2. Jay Nixon was going to retire Roy Blunt in 2016.

That is not going to happen now.

[HooptieWagon]

7. His political career may be done...

for aiding in a white-wash. He lose over half the Dem votes.

[pintobean]

11. It never was.

[Aerows]

16. He doesn't care

Which is part of the problem.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. Claire McCaskill was just on Lawrence O'Donnell's show acting very petulant

when O'Donnell suggested a special prosecutor should be appointed. When asked about the possibility of getting the governor to have Mcculloch to recuse himself she got testy, saying Lawrence O'Donnell couldn't be more wrong and singing McCulloch's praises. I didn't know that Claire McCaskill used to be a DA in Missouri herself She got especially flustered when Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out to her that the Grand Jury would only be meeting once a week and this could take a long time. She's a disappointment.

[bullwinkle428]

8. Nixon and McCaskill are all about maintaining the status quo. This

is going to be the main reason why this cop is going to walk away scot-free.

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. It's often funny where the line is between "We want your votes" and "Don't fuck with the real power"

You just saw Claire McCaskill do a very embarrassing dance on that little tightrope.

McCulloch's been souring the investigation with leaks and nonsense from GIT, and since he obviously won't rein in the insanity of victim-blaming leaks coming out of Ferguson PD and St. Louis County PD, one can only conclude that he approves of them.

This is Old Boy's Network writ large, where Old Boy of course means "White Supremacist Power Structure in Missouri," and it apparently inlcudes Claire McCaskill and Jay Nixon - people clearly too stupid to understand that the black vote is the only reason they're in office.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. And apparently MucColloch will allow Officer Wilson to testify at the Grand Jury hearing

regarding his innocence behind closed doors. That's unusual, as the Gcrand Jury proceeding is where the prosecutor only presents inculpatory evidence to show enough probable cause of guilt to indict and move the case along to trial.

[kath]

18. Whoa, where did you read that?!?!

Holy shit.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

19. Lawrence O'Donnell mentioned it

It's been reported by NBC News directly from McCulloch's mouth.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/grand-jury-hear-michael-brown-evidence-wednesday-n184486

"...Grand juries are secret, and potential defendants usually don't appear. But Ed Magee, a spokesman for St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch, told NBC News that Wilson would be given an opportunity to testify. ..."

[HooptieWagon]

12. Will the DOJ be permitted an observer at the Grand Jury hearing? nt

[MrMickeysMom]

14. Here's a good explanation of due process from Pap...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=210268

[davidpdx]

17. I agree with you

I am unimpressed by him.