re: Michael Brown's mother can't handle the truth

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Um, that they should have got an indictment?

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Based on what?

Brown tried to get his gun. Eyewitnesses say Brown rushed him outside the vehicle, after he tried to get his gun and shots fired.

I didn't see any evidence to support an indictment, other than the naked fact that Brown was unarmed. Everything else seems to go in the cop's favor.

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You understand theres a massively different burden for an indictment and a conviction, right?

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It's not massively different, but it is different. Preponderace versus beyond a reasonable doubt. There isn't preponderance (and certainly doesn't appear to have been presented to the GJ, anyway) in this case.

The city is going to settle the civil suit, but they would have a chance to win at trial. THAT'S how bad this is as criminal case - I would have serious reservations about winning a civil trial, if I were representing Brown's family in the case.