by digby
Salon collected a few of the choicer wingnut tweets from last night. It's amazing how people's true colors, so to speak, come out at times like these. I must say that I'm a little shocked by Brit Hume joining in the fun. He's a wingnut but I didn't think nasty snark was his thing:
I don't know what "facts" or "science" they think we are supposed to accept but that's not really at issue here, is it? There is "evidence" and testimony presented to a Grand Jury without any adversarial testing in a court of law by both sides or a judge to determine its relevance and there is a decision not to indict. This isn't CSI with some kind of forensic determination of guilt in the final scene. But hey, it was a cute line by a couple of bigfoot conservatives who clearly have an ax to grind. Too bad they're full of shit.
Keep in mind that these people are celebrating the fact that someone who shot and killed an unarmed teenager whose alleged crime was jaywalking and stealing a box of cigarillos was not even indicted. Even if they thought the officer was justified it's a tragedy that it happened and a travesty that there was no public trial. Decent people who think that this was a good decision should be decent enough to keep quiet about it right now. There's nothing to celebrate here.
And, by the way, I think that when it comes to criminal justice it's fairly clear on what side of the "libertarian" fence the Republicans will fall don't you? The only time they ever give a damn about police power is when it's federal or when somebody attempts to take a gun. Other than that they're with the cops all the way. If you like authoritarian police power --- at least when it comes to killing unarmed citizens --- you'll love being in the GOP.
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