The Ethics Project, headed by Dr. Cristi Griffin, will meet tonight to discuss whether or not to file two ethics complaints against McCulloch with the Bar Association. The first has to do with Wilson’s changing testimony. The initial report from the Ferguson Police Chief was that Wilson didn’t know Brown was the suspect in a robbery when the shooting occurred. But when Wilson testified before the Grand Jury, he did know. That somewhat important point was all but the lynchpin for Wilson’s lynching — sorry, “defensive shooting” — of Michael Brown. McCulloch knew about the change in story, which may be tantamount to perjury, but allowed it presented before the Grand Jury anyway. Griffin says that’s a “direct violation of the Code of Professional Ethics.” The second case of ethics violation up for discussion tonight will be in regard to a seemingly innocuous “mistake” made by “prosecutors” early in the trial. Lawrence O’Donnell covers the subject aptly in the clip below. But what it comes down to is this: At the beginning of the trial, prosecutors “accidentally” gave jurors a copy of a Missouri law from 1979, which was found unconstitutional by the Supreme court in 1985. According to this law, officers are allowed to shoot people in the back simply for running away, whether they committed any other crime or not. That’s what the jury was told in the beginning of the trial.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:52:12 +0000
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