La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for December 10, 2014
December 09, 2014
December 11, 2014
Transcript:
Eddie: So what have we learned from the Ferguson, Missouri grand jury decision? Cuco: I learned something not too shocking. Some police departments have a policy of "shoot first, blame later."
Grand juries don’t “acquit”, that’s the problem.Only trial juries can acquit, and they can’t even do that without what’s called a true bill of indictment, leading to a trial.Apparently, the grand juries thought they were trial juries instead. Because that’s what the “prosecutors”, who were playing defense attorneys, led them to believe.
Grand juries don’t “acquit”, that’s the problem.Only trial juries can acquit, and they can’t even do that without what’s called a true bill of indictment, leading to a trial.Apparently, the grand juries thought they were trial juries instead. Because that’s what the “prosecutors”, who were playing defense attorneys, led them to believe.