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Originally Posted by Duckwalk
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If this was a private citizen, the indictment would have taken an hour or two as there is easily enough evidence indict based on witness testimony alone. The Grand Jury can literally ask the Prosecutor what to do. .
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It does seem odd, but would you rather have a prosecutor just deciding it himself?
Plus I'm not sure I agree that the officer was treated so differently. First, on the face of it, an armed officer is put into this situation by society. We ask them to stop criminals such as Mr Brown.
Why this matters is that the situation that occurred is not a normal situation. The situation indicates that self defense is a likely factor. The same is true if a private citizen killed a man in his house. The da would not just automatically charge a person, even absent castle doctrine statutes.
Zimmerman is an example of this, and it didn't even occur in the house. It took a few weeks if I recall correctly for the Florida da to bring the charge.
I think it's apples and oranges to compare the above situation to a case where crack is found in the car of a regular citizen, or if a man/woman is stabbed By his significant other, etc etc.
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