Quote Originally Posted by clublights View Post
Can't the Grand Jury only give a bill or no bill on the charges presented to them ?

My understanding is they were presented with murder charges against the cop .

so If I'm correct on both counts you have to ask "Was this MURDER?"

I have to reply No.
Someone called in to the Mandy Connell Show today and suggested this was likely the case. He claimed that in NYC, apparently the general procedure would be to have the grand jury rule on the murder charge, but a lesser manslaughter/negligent homicide would be at the prosecutor's discretion. So, charges could still arise from the incident.

Haven't watched the video myself, so I don't want to judge, but it sounds like something awry is up. I think the lack of transparency from the prosecutor (versus the total openness of Ferguson) is really hurting things. Hopefully they'll give more details here within a few days to help calm things down.