by Smitty
What honest, patriotic American isn’t sick at heart to watch a liar stand there and do his diabolical work?
President Barack Obama appealed for calm and understanding in Ferguson on Monday after a grand jury decided not to indict in the death of Michael Brown, pleading with both residents and police officers to show restraint.
“We are a nation built on the rule of law, so we need to accept that this decision was the grand jury’s to make,” Obama said.
In a late-night statement from the White House, Obama said it was understandable that some Americans would be “deeply disappointed — even angered” that police officer Darren Wilson wasn’t indicted. Yet he echoed Brown’s parents in calling for any protests to be peaceful, saying that the wishes should be honored as they grieve their son.
Obama always appeals to the flesh, always strokes the adrenalin, always ensures a finger is pointed, even while offering superficial appeals to calm.
In six years, has the man ever made a rational appeal to fact? Ever encouraged a humble admission of fault? Ever encouraged anyone to pray for those with whom there is a dispute? Ever suggested. . .forgiveness?
Why, no: no, he has not. One suspects that requesting people grow up might affect his business model in a deleterious way.
There is massive power in forgiveness. Just not Obama’s.
That is a curious way to phrase it, but you have a point. A big one.
Cui bono – him.
As long as he and his crew can milk the situation,there will be nothing.
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Wait…this guy, Mr. Executive Order, the same one who chooses not to enforce laws he doesn’t personally like, the one who uses whole government agencies as his personal enforcers, whose Justice Department brazenly violates the law with impunity, is telling the rest of us that this is a nation of laws? Since when?
Obama speaks; Smoke in the streets.
Hey, that rhymes!
The President of the United States either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about equal protection. That doesn’t pass the Paul Atriedes test.
Conspicuous by its absence was any thanks to the (so far) anonymous members of the grand jury–three of whom were black–for discharging their civic duty under circumstances where they were aware of the inevitable consequences. (The members were not sequestered, BTW)
If the President wishes to do something decent, it’s sabotaged by context. The context is all that he has said and done before. Everything he does and says is reduced simply to a tile in a mosaic of a curiously distant and self-centered man who has had a simulacrum of an adult life rather than the real thing. Nothing he says seems like anything but another pose.
It’s getting scary when the country turns its back on the rule of law. Our system may not be perfect, but until recently, was one of the world’s best and fairest. Seeing punk college kids tweet about the injustice of it all and incite unrest, spits in the face of the due diligence that went into reaching this verdict against incredible pressure from the lynch mobs. Facts no longer matter; the law no longer matters; the constitution is burning. The nation’s publicly educated kids are zombies. Our future is grim.
Because that’s all it is – a pose designed to hide his Evil intentions.
Sadly well put.
One Quibble: There was no verdict; only Trial Juries come to a verdict. Grand Juries either issue a True Bill [of Indictment] or decline to. The Grand Jury’s purpose is to act as a check on Prosecutors abusing their prosecutorial powers.
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Appreciate the clarification. I’m not totally familiar with the Grand Jury process and I’d prefer not to let the MSM educate me!
Q: Why does he wade in on this local issue at all?
A: To make sure the issue stays national.
In order to forgive you have to be aware of a sin that needs forgiving in the first place.
Q: Why does he only mention race and racism as the root cause?
A: Because tribalism is highly exploitable.
Did enjoy the split screen last night:
On the left, protestors turning over cars and setting other peoples’ stuff on fire.
And to the right, Chief Executive OBlamer calling for calm.
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Grand juries are selected for a specific time, not a specific case. This simply became the most important case in front of those unfortunates, so the judge extended their period of service to the legal maximum in that state.
Apparently they just served one day a week? Weird, but if you can juggle five groups of people, then it will be easier for them to keep their jobs than if they have to take 4-5 weeks off. I can picture it being worth the administrative cost, if you could never seat a grand jury otherwise.
Also, the grand jury process is really within the district attorney’s office, with support from a judge and the court administrator. It’s very unusual for a defendant to testify, or for testimony to be shared with the public afterward.
One of the reasons for not releasing the evidence or testimony is some of it can be inadmissible at trial. Furthermore the accused can’t cross examine witnesses.
Edit: I think the best reason not to is because — like illicit recordings of priestly confessions — it reduces the usefulness of the process. It could change what people say, if they know it could be disclosed without a trial.
(As always, IANAL.)
That title is clearly a racisty allusion to bananas.
To be aware, it helps if you don’t put blinders on.
Most states grant accused persons the right to testify before a GJ if an indictment is being sought against them, but their right to counsel is very limited if they do.
While most GJs tend to follow prosecutors’ directions, they are in fact able to do almost anything they want. If they want to tour the local jail to check conditions, they can. If they want to investigate a given situation with public officials, they can.
Also the secrecy of the process is part of its investigative power. It is for trial judges to rule on admissibility, and the defense can cross examine then.
GJs are pretty much a creature of the Prosecutor’s office. It’s called a “runaway” if it does not go the direction the Prosecutor wishes it to go.
In the jurisdictions I’ve lived as an adult, Grand Juries have never been sequestered. I’ve heard of it happening, but have never seen it myself. The function of GJ is quite different from that of a petit jury. They don’t judge guilt, just judge that the case adequate to proceed to trial. That’s why what was released by the GJ in this matter was not a verdict, but a “no true” bill.