Speaker 1: Six years ago, the shooting of Michael Brown led to
Speaker 1: violent unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. St. Louis grand jury weighed
Speaker 1: all the evidence. They found the police officer in the case,
Speaker 1: Darren Wilson, should not face charges because his actions were justified.
Speaker 1: Back then, the prosecutor, Bob McCullough came under heavy criticism
Speaker 1: for presenting the case to a grand jury instead of
Speaker 1: giving into the loud demands to just charge Wilson with murder.
Speaker 1: In two thousand eighteen, McCullough was defeated by Wesley Bell,
Speaker 1: who became the first African American to head the St.
Speaker 1: Louis Prosecutor's office. Bell and his new team of prosecutors
Speaker 1: reopened the Michael Brown case. They spent five months re
Speaker 1: examining everything, the forensic evidence, the witness statements, entire case.
Speaker 1: Last Thursday, Prosecutor Bell delivered a somber message. He said
Speaker 1: that his heart broke for the Brown family, but he
Speaker 1: would not be charging Darren Wilson. The investigation could not
Speaker 1: prove that the officer committed murder or manslaughter. We do
Speaker 1: just exactly what the grand jury had found six years earlier.
Speaker 1: After being identified as a participant in a robbery. Michael
Speaker 1: Brown tried to take the officer's weapon. It cost him
Speaker 1: his life. Race was never the issue in this case,
Speaker 1: never should have become the issue where hands up, don't
Speaker 1: shoot never happened. This was about right and wrong and
Speaker 1: Michael Brown, sadly was on the wrong side of it.