Ferguson prosecutor Robert McCulloch has received his share of criticism for the way he handled the grand jury process in the Michael Brown shooting death case. Now he’s taking more heat for admitting he knew that some witnesses who testified in the case were clearly lying.
In an interview with St. Louis radio station KTRS, McCulloch said during the grand jury proceedings, some of the witnesses “absolutely lied under oath” during their testimony.
“But I thought it was much more important to present the entire picture and say listen, this is what this witness says he saw - even though there was a building between where the witness says he was and where the events occurred, so they couldn’t have seen that. Or the physical evidence didn’t support what the witness was saying,” McCulloch said.
He added: “I thought it was much more important that the grand jury hear everything, what people have to say — and they’re in a perfect position to assess the credibility, which is what juries do.”
One witness found not to be credible reportedly was Sandra McElroy, who testified that Michael Brown charged at Officer Darren Wilson “like a football player, head down,” which supported Wilson’s assertion that he killed Brown in self-defense.
The Smoking Gun investigated the witness and found that the woman suffers from bipolar disorder, but is not receiving treatment, and had a history of making racist remarks.
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