‘It Doesn't Add Up’: Nancy Grace On CNN

Watch Nancy Grace on CNN as she explains how she, as a typically pro-cop, anti-marijuana former prosecutor, is unconvinced by Darren Wilson's testimony about how he was afraid for his life enough to fire all those shots. Look at the photos of Darren Wilson after the incident: there's barely a mark on him. Why, Ms. Grace asks, did he not simply put the pedal down and get the hell out of there, since it was obvious to him that Michael Brown did not have a gun?

I am increasingly persuaded that justice was not served in the Ferguson grand jury's no‑true‑bill.

(H/T Bryan, whose thoughts as a former law enforcement officer are well worth your time to read.)

Emptywheel On Ferguson/Wilson/Brown/McCulloch

Emptywheel, as is often the case, expresses some of my thoughts on the whole matter better than I could do myself, so I commend to you her article on a couple of aspects of this insanely painful episode.

CORRECTION: as Bryan of Why Now? notes, the article linked is by bmaz, not emptywheel. My apologies.

DoJ To Investigate Ferguson MO PD

(Enough acronyms for you?) Seattle Socialist at Kos has the particulars. I don't know how I missed this three days ago when it was reported.

Daily Kos On A Roll

... as Kos's team is every day, but even just the Ferguson, MO posts are a tour de force:

• Hunter: Don't lecture people on 'due process' when you're pointing guns at their heads
• Hunter: Officer to protesters: 'I will f--king kill you'
• Kos: Paul Ryan thinks it's the police's job to shoot unarmed teens
• Celestia89: Artist Mary Engelbreit Vilified on Facebook for Michael Brown donation
• ... and on and on.

It's a grim day for the citizens of Ferguson, but a good day for the Kossacks.