Darren Wilson's gun was NOT tested for Michael Brown's fingerprints

[CatWoman]

wouldn't that be a way of proving and shoring up Wilson's claim? fingerprinting the gun????

Darren Wilson's gun was NOT tested for Michael Brown's fingerprints, and officer was able to wash blood from his hands: Probe's serious errors exposed in grand jury files

Serious errors in the handling of the Michael Brown shooting have been exposed by the grand jury files on the case, including Darren Wilson's gun not being tested for fingerprints – and the officer washing blood off his hands.

A 12-person jury, after hearing more than 70 hours of testimony from 60 witnesses, ruled that Officer Wilson will not have to stand trial over the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

However, in the thousands of pages of evidence released to the public afterwards were glaring examples of crime scene protocol not being followed.


One of Officer Wilson's key lines of defence was that Michael Brown made him fear he was going to be shot because he tried to grab his gun while in his car.

But Wilson placed the gun in an evidence bag himself and the weapon was not tested for fingerprints because, an investigator argued, 'he never lost control of his gun', Huffington Post reported.

Wilson was also allowed to drive himself away from the crime scene and wash blood off his hands, actions that are extremely unorthodox according to experts and government rules.

David Klinger, an expert on police shootings with the University of Missouri at St Louis, told The Washington Post: 'An officer driving himself back? Wrong. An officer booking his own gun into evidence? Wrong. The appropriate investigative procedures were not followed.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2851608/Darren-Wilson-s-gun-NOT-tested-Michael-Brown-s-fingerprints-officer-able-wash-blood-hands-Probe-s-errors-exposed-grand-jury-files.html#ixzz3KIYs1cug
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[SummerSnow]

1. Bigtime cover up.

[Turbineguy]

2. Since in the end a conviction is based on evidence,

if you want to prevent a conviction, be sure to do a lousy investigation.

It would seem that so far, nobody has even noticed this shooting took place.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. I'd like to read a story detailing all of the irregularities in this case

It certainly would be interesting.

No crime scene photos, no crime scene distance measurements, no testing of the blood on Wilson's hands, no testing of Wilson's gun for prints, no impounding of the car for testing immediately after the shooting, no recorded statement taken of Wilson until days later, mistaken instructions to the grand jurors regarding the law on a policeman's right to use deadly force, no statement taken of witness Johnson until days later.. And I wouldn't be surprised if more problems come to light in future days.

[HereSince1628]

4. Considering the lack of commitment to an indictment would it have mattered?

There are many problems. I don't think any single piece of forensic information would change how the prosecutor proceeded

[CatWoman]

6. the thing is, many are taking the policeman's side of events

releasing that store video only reinforced and backs up the BELIEF that Brown was an out of control super human negro thug who went after Wilson's gun.

It would have been nice to see some actual proof.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. Stories about Darren Wilson's previous confrontations are starting to surface

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2851015/Darren-Wilson-violent-confrontation-wife-s-ex-lover-Court-documents-reveal-volatile-home-life-officer-shot-Michael-Brown-grand-jury-never-told-of.html

[Fred Sanders]

5. The old "sloppy investigation, oops, sorry about that" investigation? Not unknown in legal circles.

Not taking a photo of the deceased...just that alone....leaving the body uncovered in the mid day sun for hours in a residential area...I think the Ferguson police had no idea at the time that this routine slaughter of another black youth would turn into an actual demand for justice.

[Judi Lynn]

8. Exactly what we'd expect from these faux law enforcers. Thanks. n/t

[Jenoch]

9. If the gun had been examined for fingerprints,

the lacknof fingerprints would not prove that the gun had not been touched by someone. Many times guns are handled without a person leaving readable fingerprints. It depends on the make, model, and the material and finsh on the various parts of the gun. Real life is not like CSI on television.

Thanks for the heads up.

It seems that there were some curious decisions made in that investigation.

[justiceischeap]

10. I hear real lice is much worse than Hollywood lice!

Yes, most of us are aware that you can't always get fingerprints from all things--that isn't really the point though, it's that they didn't even bother to try and test for prints is the point. Do you think if the positions were reversed (if Brown had killed Wilson) things would have been handled as shabbily as they had been with the inverse?