This is a series of posts where I plan to go
through all 4799 pages of transcripts before the Grand Jury in the Darren
Wilson case, in order to figure out 1) should he have been indicted, and 2) is
he guilty? Some background. This is the
post introducing the series and giving you many images that have been
released. This earlier piece
on Zimmerman also gives you a good primer on the law of self-defense in
general, at least in Florida, while this piece
discusses how Missouri law deals with self-defense and the unique right of a
cop to use force to stop a fleeing suspect (in some cases), and this piece
discusses (albeit briefly) the standard for indictment. I am not going to explain these points
of law twice, so if you are confused, go
back and read those.
This post will be updated to link to other posts in the series without
notation that it has been changed.
In
Part
1, we reviewed the opening remarks by the Prosecuting Attorney, Bob
McColloch, and introducing the two attorneys who would be running the show for
the most part from then on: Kathi Alizadeh and Shelia Whirley. We reviewed two witnesses who gathered
evidence for others, but didn’t actually analyze it.
In
Part
2, we had another detective who merely gathered evidence for others... at least as far as he testified that
day. That was interrupted by a medical
examiner who testified about the autopsy.
In
Part
3, we heard from Darian Johnson, both in the form of media clips and from
his own mouth. We also reviewed the
private autopsy done by Dr. Baden.
In
Part
4, I point out what a complete idiot Karoli is, and I talk about Wilson’s
side of it, including his actual testimony.
Since these
posts are also a repository of random news, I will note that over the weekend,
Wilson resigned, and didn’t even get a severance. That last part is surprising, because in my
experience many people resigning have gotten them if only in exchange for
promising not to sue their former employer.
This is either a confession that he wouldn’t have a viable claim, or
simply nobility on his part. I report,
you decide.
And for that
matter, it wouldn’t surprise me if he is hoping that by being decent to his
former employer, it will make him more employable in the future.
Anyway, with
that aside, let’s jump into the next chunk of the transcript. We are in this file: