The prosecuting attorney in the Michael Brown case, told an interviewer on Friday, Dec. 19, that some of the witnesses lied under oath.
“Clearly, some were not telling the truth,” the lawyer said.
Michael Brown was the unarmed black man who was shot and killed by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri this summer. The decision by the grand jury not to indict Wilson triggered protests – some very violent – and destruction by those who believe it was racially motivated.
Attorney Bob McCulloch gave at least one specific example to back up his claim. This was McCulloch’s first interview since the Nov. 24 announcement that the grand jury would not indict Ferguson officer Darren Wilson.
The lawyer stated that one woman provided details about the incident which were “clearly pulled from a newspaper account.” McCulloch said the woman was not present so could not see some of the details she described, and explained that the woman was backing up the police officer’s version of events.
McCulloch made his remarks during an interview on KTRS Radio in St. Louis.
The prosecutor is the subject of an investigation called by a committee of the state legislature to see whether he “manipulated” the grand jury into the decision.
One state legislator, Karla May, said McCulloch should have removed himself from the case at the outset.
“I don’t believe he followed proper procedures when he presented evidence to the grand jury,” May said. “To me, he was working for the defendant in this case and not the victim.”
McCulloch’s father was a police officer killed in the line of duty by a black man in the 1960’s.
