Ferguson Missouri is going to burn tonight

[alfsauve]

The Constitution protects the right to "Peaceable assembly for redress of grievances", that does not include arson and a new X Box.

I totally stole this and posted elsewhere.   Royalty check in the mail

[ExurbanKevin]

As was seen on Twitter last night, there is no cause for celebration and no basis to challenge the grand jury.

I'm just saddened by all the people who lost their jobs when their businesses burned down last night, and the shameless self-aggrandizement of our so-called civil rights "leaders" who care more about lining their own pockets than helping the people they purport to lead.

There's a lot of legitimate pain out there, and last night's actions only made it worse.

[JC5123]

What other group loots and destroys innocent businesses when they get worked up?

You obviously forgot about the muslims burning the down cities because somebody made a cartoon about Mohammad

[brushmore]

Sadly, I am willing to bet this isn't over for Officer Wilson.  I think the feds will indite him on a civil rights charge or something like.

[lhprop1]

With all of those people up late rioting and looting last night, I bet a lot of them were late for work today. 

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[kmitch200]

What ever happened to double jeopardy? 
Then we top it all off by the grieving family who has made it clear that they will get their justice and compensation through the Civil Court.

Double jeopardy only applies to being prosecuted again after getting a verdict in a trial.
(you are not guilty by trial verdict but a video tape surfaces that shows you doing the crime. Too bad for them because you have already been tried. Or the guilty sentence you got wasn't enough for the prosecutor so they try you again - can't do that)
They can't do that but they can investigate till the cows come home.

The family was going to sue no matter what the verdict was.

[PegLeg45]

I wonder if I can burn down a shoe store the next time I get pissed because millage rates go up?

[Big Frank]

If the grand jury came back with an indictment do you think all the white people in Ferguson would loot and pillage like a bunch of barbarians?

[alfsauve]

Officer Wilson might actually have been better off to go to trial and been acquitted.     

I'm just saddened by all the people who lost their jobs when their businesses burned down last night, and the shameless self-aggrandizement of our so-called civil rights "leaders" who care more about lining their own pockets than helping the people they purport to lead.

Not only the immediate loss of jobs, but the blight this will put on those neighborhoods for some time to come.   What businesses do reopen will do so only by charging a lot more to cover insurance (if they can get it) and security.  Then they'll be disparaged for "gouging".  Not a lot of risk takers are willing to open businesses (read the provide jobs) under those conditions.

[MikeBjerum]

Double jeopardy only applies to being prosecuted again after getting a verdict in a trial.
(you are not guilty by trial verdict but a video tape surfaces that shows you doing the crime. Too bad for them because you have already been tried. Or the guilty sentence you got wasn't enough for the prosecutor so they try you again - can't do that)
They can't do that but they can investigate till the cows come home.

The family was going to sue no matter what the verdict was.

My point is that the Grand Jury found no reason to indict.  However, the government still has two or three (depending on which source you believe) investigations ongoing for the same charges.  Attorneys have twisted our system to circumvent the rights of Americans.  The next issue, which is nothing but an answer to those who don't trust our system or are greedy, is the civil suit after a person has been found not guilty.  I remember from past cases like this that the defendant, Officer Wilson in this case, can not use his not guilty or no reason to prosecute as evidence in a civil case.