They are going to get people hurt and lose control. The people in power have no connection to the affected community or they would arrange peaceful demonstrations.
BTW, you never let a suspect testify to a grand jury – it screws up due process and generates problems with the trial. That is essentially how Poindexter and North got off in Iran-Contra as their Congressional testimony was the equivalent of grand jury testimony and you get into Fifth Amendment problems.
]]>Rule number one of these kinds of situations is to do everything possible to make the community feel that they are being heard and their concerns addressed in a fair manner. You don’t do that with threats and force. But apparently in St. Louis you don’t have to follow the rules if all you’re dealing with is a buncha black people, ’cause they don’t count and their concerns aren’t worthwhile.
Sigh.
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