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You can argue this forever. The DA knew he wouldn't get a trial conviction. Other DA's have gone on record stating that it's an abuse of the system to finagle an indictment for a case you know you can't win. It's a waste of time and money for all concerned.
If he had not given all of the evidence, people would be *****ing and moaning about what he was hiding. It may be unusual to do what he did in his jurisdiction but it isn't unheard of and it fact it is routine in other areas. I think the "normal" process of a grand jury is completely biased in favor of the prosecution, so I find it amusing that adjusting the bias to be more neutral is so offensive to so many people Do you have an agenda, perhaps?
All the arguments about the fact that he was un-armed are irrelevant. You think nobody of his size could create great bodily harm or death, with nothing to use as a weapon?
I'd like to see a poll of a hundred policemen, asking how many of them would not shoot a 300 pound, angry young man running towards them, after having been struck repeatedly by that same angry young man and after having had him try to take the officer's gun away. I would be real surprised if any policeman would have held his fire.
This kid didn't deserve to die but his own actions doomed him. Given what little I've seen of his behavior, I think it was only a matter of time. Sooner or later, his mouth and his defective reasoning would have sealed his fate.
My only wish is that his death might serve as an example to others in his peer group, as to why you should not act as he did. I'll bet none of them get the lesson.
JR
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