Fegurson Part 2

           Everyone knows what is going on in Ferguson, Missouri, if you don’t, watch the news or read the paper. Basically police officer Darren Wilson is being accused of an injustice by doing his job, and defending himself. Shooting an unarmed teenager for no reason sounds bad, and that’s what the community of Ferguson is making it seem like. But that’s not what happened, Wilson was beat and got charged by 6 foot 4 300 pound Michael Brown, and so Wilson shot him. Is this an unjustified killing? Would you consider this a murder? Who’s in the wrong here, Brown or Wilson? In order to determine this, there has to be a trial, but before the trial there has to be enough evidence, and to figure that out, the case has to go to a Grand Jury to see if it is even worthy. A Grand Jury consists of a District Attorney and a group of 12 to 23 average American citizens. This case went to a Grand Jury for a couple months, and I’m surprised it even took them that long to come to the conclusion that this officer is not guilty and was just doing his job. The whole reason for a Grand Jury is so people like Officer Wilson don’t go to prison because they are accused for shooting someone, even when it is their job. But vice versa if Wilsons shooting was dirty and he really did “shoot him for no reason” then Wilson would be put on trial and be convicted, based upon how the trial went. The Grand Jury keeps Police Officers in line, cops can’t do whatever they want without consequences, the Grand Jury takes away their power of being able to do anything, but still allows them to do their job if they are doing the right thing. The Grand Jury is a vital part of our government and without it, our justice system would fail to bring justice to those who need justice brought to them, and it could falsely convict those who are doing the right thing, such as Officer Darren Wilson.