No Charges Against Ferguson Officer Who defended himself against Michael Brown. It was a good kill in 2014, it's a good kill in 2020. We had a grand jury clear the police officer in the shooting back in 2014. Not satisfied, the Obama administration stuck their nose into the case and did a Federal investigation. Cleared again. so what changed? Another investigation was done.
Activists heavily criticized the longtime prosecutor, Robert McCulloch, who led the grand jury process that resulted in no indictment. Mr. Bell, who is Black, unseated Mr. McCulloch in the Democratic primary two years ago as part of a nationwide wave of reform-minded people of color winning prosecutor races. Bell does his investigation, and we get the same results. Good Kill.