Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) described himself  “thunderstruck” by the police response to protests, rioting and looting of businesses in the town of Ferguson. It’s either a lightning strike to his brain, or fear for his political future driving Nixon’s bungled leadership and his presumptuous and premature call for prosecution of a police officer. Nixon plopped his political posterior on the scale of justice by calling for prosecution of Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson hours before a grand jury began hearing any evidence in the case of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man shot and killed by Wilson on August 9, triggering violence in Ferguson. Wilson claims that the 6 ft.4, 290 lb. Brown physically assaulted him, and during a struggle between the two, Brown reached for the officer's gun. One shot was fired inside the police car followed by other gunshots outside of the car. A timeline of events is available here. Outsiders arrived in...(Read Full Article)