After the Ferguson case, there was a huge sense of dissatisfaction. This was seen in the rioting that occurred but also on the legal side of things. A complaint was filed against Ms. Whirley and Ms. Alizadeh.
In the complaint filed they said that many legal proceeding rules were violated including presenting witnesses like Officer Wilson who were likely to make false statements, giving the jury legal instructions that have been ruled unconstitutional, losing and mislabeling evidence, and failing to give the jury specific instructions on specific charges that could be given.
The hardest piece of evidence they have against Alizadeh is when she referred to the statute that allows police to use deadly force to stop an unarmed suspect from escaping. However, she failed to mention that in 1985 the Supreme Court had ruled that the suspect had to be an immediate threat to officers or others in order to justify deadly force.
Although many attorneys think it is unlikely that something will come of the complaint they think complaints are good because it keeps prosecutors being honest. Did you see anything in your volumes where you felt the prosecutor's were not doing their job? Is being able to file a complaint good or bad?
While I do not remember the prosecutors not doing their job in my volume, I still think it is good to be able to file a complaint. If there is no system for being able to file a complaint, how can they be held accountable to perform their job to the fullest extent?
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