A bar complaint against St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch and Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys Kathi Alizadeh and Sheila Whirley has been filed regarding the handling of the Ferguson grand jury.
Attorney and former judge James R. Dowd and attorney Robert Ramsey reviewed the grand jury transcript – including evidence, witness interviews and testimony – before a group of seven citizens and attorneys – led by Christi Griffin, founder of the Ethics Project – filed an 11-page complaint with the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Griffin says the complaint focuses on more than 15 Rules of Professional Conduct the group believes were violated, including the following:
- Presenting witnesses to the grand jury – including Darren Wilson – who McCulloch, Alizadeh and Whirley knew or should have known would make false statements, is not exhaustive.
Under Missouri Supreme Court Rule, the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel has the duty to investigate allegations of misconduct by lawyers and for prosecuting cases where the misconduct poses a threat to the public or to the integrity of the legal profession. It is the position of the complainants that McCulloch, Alizadeh and Whirley’s conduct have done both.
- Presenting the grand jury with a legal instruction ruled unconstitutional for decades.
- Mislabeling and misplacing evidence related to key witness Dorian Johnson.
- Failing to provide specific charges to the jury after “dumping” on them thousands of pages of interviews and evidence the complainants cite as going above gross negligence.
Personally I hope this is only the beginning and that this guy not only loses his job but gets sued into bankruptcy.
If this former VA governor can go to prison on corruption charges- Why is Palin still free?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/politics/bob-mcdonnell-sentencing/index.html
Lou Sarah, why did you quit the governorship?
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Your hope is everyone's hope. At last, people with some credentials are coming forward, so it's not just "protesters" [usually accused of pointless flame-throwing].
ReplyDeleteGood Question. Hopefully there will be an answer... soon, dammit!
ReplyDeleteWith any amount of luck, Judge Maura McShane will appoint a special prosecutor and we can have a new Grand Jury.
ReplyDeletehttp://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/12/02/3598082/one-woman-could-appoint-a-special-prosecutor-and-bring-justice-to-ferguson/
And no, it is NOT double jeopardy because he has never even been charged, let alone tried.
O/T but you just KNOW she is prepping for her desired 'first lady' role that she dreams about. Not gonna happen, chickadee. Not when you're married to that batshit, fucked up crazy man you are married to. No way, no how.
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http://www.alan.com/2015/01/05/rand-pauls-wife-pens-book/
And again we see that everything Palin touches turns to shit.
ReplyDeleteWell, here's some good news for 2016!
ReplyDeleteThe GOP's 2016 Demographic Challenge Is Even Worse Than You Thought
But barring some spectacularly unlikely turn of events, Republicans have one heck of a mountain to climb in order to win back the White House.
http://www.prospect.org/article/gops-2016-demographic-challenge-even-worse-you-thought
Jeb Bush’s 2016 political operation is off to a fast start, raising six figures in online donations in just a few hours.
DeleteThe Republican’s new leadership efforts — dubbed the Right to Rise PAC — crossed the $100,000 mark not long after launching a new website and Google search ads on Tuesday tied to his name, longtime Bush adviser Mike Murphy said in an interview.
Bush, who announced last month that he is actively exploring a presidential bid, is using his PAC to raise money, travel the country and start laying the foundation for a possible White House run.
“Everybody, today we are setting up the Right to Rise PAC, which is a PAC to support candidates that believe in conservative principles to allow all Americans to rise up,” Bush said in a video posted on his Facebook page, which was filmed on a smart phone by the former Florida governor’s body man while walking down a New York street.
Bush, who is bilingual, posted another video with him making the same announcement in Spanish. He also launched English and Spanish-language websites for the leadership PAC. Murphy confirmed his firm, Revolution Agency, built the website and is handling the social media components of the Republican’s initial moves toward a potential White House campaign.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/jeb-bush-2016-election-113994.html?hp=rc3_4
The Bush Doctrine Lives
DeleteAlmost all the GOP presidential candidates will embrace it in one way or another, even those not named Bush.
http://www.prospect.org/article/bush-doctrine-lives
Scalise Scandal Rooted in Secret Societies' Hold on Paths to Power -- Through Violence
http://www.prospect.org/article/scalise-scandal-rooted-secret-societies-hold-paths-power-through-violence
hahaha, wish I could like your post.
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"I hope this is only the beginning and that this guy not only loses his job but gets sued into bankruptcy."
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Even if he were sued into bankruptcy, some right-wing plutocrats would make sure that he'd be taken care of financially, aided by an astroturf organization or two.
BTW, we haven't heard any stories about George Zimmerman's dreadful economic plight lately, have we? I'm sure he has a few well-heeled guardian angels, plus a bunch of racist sheeple, quietly helping him out. Wanna buy a plagiarized patriotic painting?
I don't know that Zimmerman would have any rich patrons any longer. His usefulness is over.
DeleteO/T These things take time...
ReplyDeleteThe Federal Election Commission filed suit Monday against former Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell for allegedly using campaign funds for personal purposes.
The complaint, filed in the United States District Court of Delaware, claims that O'Donnell and then-campaign treasurer Matthew Moran illegally used $20,000 in funds raised for her 2010 Senate campaign to pay for her personal rent and utility bills during and after the election. The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington originally filed a complaint with the FEC containing those allegations in September 2010.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/06/christine-odonnell-campai_n_6425304.html
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
Delete“Wheels of justice grind slow but grind fine”
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Yes, please for this ass hat and for Palin.
Love, GA, USA
He is a long established, well respected prosecutor.
ReplyDeleteThis BS will go nowhere.
"Anonymous2:16 PM
DeleteHe is a long established, well respected prosecutor.
This BS will go nowhere."
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He is no longer respected by people who respect the judicial process. Saying it is BS doesn't make it BS.
Actually-it may be : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
ReplyDelete“Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all.” The sentiments are fine and appropriate for where we have all been standing here together.
@Anon 2:16 PM
ReplyDeleteTime will tell, won't it?
I hope so as well, the sooner they make an example of this, the sooner things will change. I just hope they do it quick, before the new clowncar get's it's license to fuck things up even more.
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