Ferguson aftermath: Missouri governor rejects calls for special prosecutor
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has rejected calls for a new grand jury in the case of the fatal police shooting of black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson.
Destructive protests erupted following the Monday revelation that a grand jury recommended no charges against white police officer Darren Wilson, who killed 18-year-old Brown on Aug. 9. The protests dwindled on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday that a spokesman said the governor would not name a special prosecutor to present the evidence to a new grand jury.
The day after the decision was released, lawyers for the Brown family called the grand jury system "broken" and said a special prosecutor should have been named.
"We said from the very beginning that the decision of this grand jury was going to be the direct reflection of the presentation of the evidence by the prosecutor's office," lawyer Anthony Gray said. He also suggested St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Robert McCulloch presented some testimony to discredit the process.
The Brown family's lawyers still hope a current federal civil rights investigation will lead to charges against Wilson.
