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Unidentified Speaker
TAKE TIME OUT TO --
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I HAVE A STATEMENT AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND THEN I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS....
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00:25:41
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Unidentified Speaker
>> THE GRAND JURY MADE HIS DECISION UNANIMOUSLY? CAN YOU TELL US IF YOU PRESENTED ANY CHARGES, RECOMMENDING ANY CHARGES TO BE BROUGHT ...
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00:25:55
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Unidentified Speaker
>> THE FIRST QUESTION IS WHETHER
-- THE GRAND JURY BY STATUTE IS NOT ALLOWED OR IN MY ALLOWED TO ASK OR TO DISCUSS THE VOTE OR THE DELIBERATION...
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00:27:02
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Unidentified Speaker
>> I HEARD YOU DESCRIBE SOME VERY PROBLEMATIC WITNESS STATEMENTS. WOULD YOU GO AFTER PERJURY CHARGES?
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00:27:09
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Unidentified Speaker
>> I THINK THERE ARE NUMBER OF WITNESSES WHO TRULY BELIEVE WHAT THEY SAID. THE ONES WHO WERE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT EVEN IN THE FACE OF THEIR...
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00:27:42
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Unidentified Speaker
>> THERE HAVE BEEN MANY THAT HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF THIS PROCESS CALLING IT A SECRET TRIAL. DO YOU REGRET TAKING THIS TO THE GRAND JURY?...
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00:27:54
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Unidentified Speaker
>> NOT AT ALL. I DON'T REGRET THIS. I THINK IT WAS A GOOD DECISION TO TAKE IT TO THE GRAND JURY. WE PRESENTED TO THIS GRAND JURY ALL...
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00:29:23
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Unidentified Speaker
>> CAN YOU TELL US ANY MORE ABOUT THE GRAND JURY? WE HAVE HEARD SOME VERY BASIC DEMOGRAPHICS -- RACE. CAN YOU TELL US THE BASIC AGES?
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00:29:34
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Unidentified Speaker
>> I REALLY CANNOT. THAT WAS THE INFORMATION THE JUDGE ALLOWED TO BE RELEASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT ANY JUDGE TAKES...
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00:30:21
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Unidentified Speaker
>> WERE THERE ANY AFRICAN-AMERICAN WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED THAT MICHAEL BROWN WAS COMING TOWARDS THE OFFICER?
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00:30:28
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Unidentified Speaker
>> YES. THE ONES I MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT -- WERE ALL AFRICAN-AMERICANS. THE ONE WHO INDICATED HE CAME AT HIM AT A FULL CHARGE AND OFFICER...
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00:31:15
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Unidentified Speaker
>> CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OFFICER WILSON'S TESTIMONY AND HIS STATUS TONIGHT.
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00:31:21
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Unidentified Speaker
>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HIS STATUS IS BUT HIS TESTIMONY IS IN THE PACKAGE THAT WILL BE RELEASED. HIS TESTIMONY -- THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT...
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00:32:20
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Unidentified Speaker
>> YOU MENTIONED THERE IS VIDEO OF THE FINAL 10 SHOTS. WILL THAT BE RELEASED WITH THE REST OF THE EVIDENCE?
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00:32:26
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Unidentified Speaker
>> I ASSUME THAT MICROPHONE IS GOING SOMEWHERE --
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00:32:30
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Unidentified Speaker
>> THE VIDEO OF THE FINAL 10 SHOTS.
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00:32:33
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Unidentified Speaker
>> THERE IS NOT VIDEO, THERE IS AUDIO. HE WAS CHATTING IN THE BACKGROUND. IT SHOULD BE IN THE PACKAGE BUT IF NOT WE WILL GET THE AUDIO...
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00:32:48
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Unidentified Speaker
>> THE PEOPLE WHO WERE PROTESTING TONIGHT MIGHT SAY -- THEY WOULD SAY THIS JURY HAD NINE WHITES ON IT, THREE BLACKS. THEY SAY YOU EVER BE...
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00:33:12
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Unidentified Speaker
>> IT HAS TO BE BASED UPON ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE. YOU CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A WITNESS HERE AND THERE AND COME TO A DIFFERENT...
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00:33:49
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Unidentified Speaker
>> YOU JUST EXPLAINED THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON ISSUES SO THAT THIS KIND OF THING WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT ARE SOME...
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00:34:07
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Unidentified Speaker
>> IT IS DIFFICULT TO ANSWER. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE THAT. THERE ARE SO MANY VARIABLES THAT PLAY INTO EVERY CASE. THERE...
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00:34:34
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Unidentified Speaker
>> SOME HAD HIS RECORD QUESTIONED -- HOW DO YOU FEEL ANNOUNCING THIS DECISION AND WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU THINK IT SENDS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT...
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00:35:11
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Unidentified Speaker
>> WE HAVE HAD A YOUNG WHITE MEN WHO TRAGICALLY HAVE BEEN KILLED BY POLICE OFFICERS. WE LOOK AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE AND HOPEFULLY...
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00:35:39
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Unidentified Speaker
>> I THINK OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT THIS WILL BE STRUCK BY THE FACT THERE IS NOT A SINGLE LAW IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI THAT PROTECTS AND VALLEYS...
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00:36:17
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Unidentified Speaker
>> THERE IS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. THERE ARE NO LAWS TO PROTECT US. EVERY LAW OUT THERE IS TO PROTECT THE SAFETY...
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00:36:48
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Unidentified Speaker
>> YOU A BEEN ACCUSED OF SIBLEY STANDING BACK AND PUTTING ALL OF THIS EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF THE GRAND JURY AND SET OF TAKING A STAND. SHOULDN'T...
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00:36:58
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Unidentified Speaker
>> THERE IS NOT ANYBODY IN THE SYSTEM -- NO ONE OFFICE, NO ONE INDIVIDUAL AS THE ULTIMATE OR ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY. IF CHARGES WERE FILED ...
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00:37:51
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Unidentified Speaker
>> DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC VOTE BREAKDOWN AND WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF FEDERAL CHARGES?
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00:37:56
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Unidentified Speaker
>> I CANNOT GIVE YOU A VOTE BREAKDOWN BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT. I CANNOT ASK NOR THE GRAND JURY CAN REVEAL THAT. THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION...
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00:38:46
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Unidentified Speaker
>> DID ANY WITNESSES REFUSED TO TESTIFY AND IF SO HOW WAS THAT HANDLED?
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00:38:57
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Unidentified Speaker
>> THERE WERE A FEW WITNESSES WHO WERE NOT BROUGHT IN. THEY WERE WITNESSES WHO -- ONE DID NOT MAKE A STATEMENT. A COUPLE DID DISAPPEAR. WE...
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00:39:31
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Unidentified Speaker
>> YOU SAID OFFICER WILSON'S DESCRIPTION OF BROWNE MOVEMENT TOWARDS HIM AS A CHARGE. WAS THERE ANY OTHER EVIDENCE THAT MIGHT HAVE LED THE...
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00:39:46
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Unidentified Speaker
>> I AM NOT PRIVY TO THE DELIBERATIONS SO I CANNOT SAY WHAT THEY SAW AS HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT OR NOT. BUT, THEY HAD ALL THE INFORMATION AND...
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00:40:20
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Unidentified Speaker
>> WHAT JUSTIFICATION WILL YOU BE USING TO RELEASE THE GRAND JURY EVIDENCE? THAT HAS BEEN SOME DISPUTE AS TO WHETHER A COURT ORDER WILL...
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00:40:32
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Unidentified Speaker
>> I WANT NOT BORE YOU WITH ALL THE LEGAL DETAILS AND TECHNICALITIES OF IT. IT IS NOW A CLOSE INVESTIGATION WHICH MAKES IT AN OPEN FILE....
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00:41:10
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Unidentified Speaker
>> OBVIOUSLY, MANY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS DECISION TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL BROWN. IF THEY ARE WATCHING, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY...
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00:41:20
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Unidentified Speaker
>> AS I SAID IN THE VERY OUTSET, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM. REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY LOST A YOUNG MAN. I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES...
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