Up until now, I have focused most of my ire about the investigation into Michael Brown's homicide in Ferguson by police officer Darren Wilson upon St. Louis County DA Bob McCulloch's unorthodox presentation of that homicide to the St. Louis County Grand Jury. (McCulloch is not asking the GJ to issue an indictment; he and his staff instead are taking the unusual though not entirely unprecedented step of putting all the evidence and witnesses before the GJ and asking the GJ to sort matters out as to whether probable cause exists.)
But earlier today, a comrade here (afisher) brought to my attention a very interesting article on Mediaite about KKK efforts to recruit in the St. Louis area. Buried mid-way down in the article is a Chris Hayes segment where he interviews Frank Ancona, the head of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
http://www.mediaite.com/...
It's an interesting interview, starting with predictable sewage of right-wing racist invective and fear-mongering. About 4'50" in, though, the conversation takes a very interesting turn.
Hayes asks Ancona if he's spoken with anyone in law enforcement. Ancona initially replies in the affirmative. After Hayes presses Ancona for specifics, Ancona bobs and weaves and then retreats to the position that he has 'friends' who have contacts in local law enforcement.
After I had watched and re-watched this clip a few times, it suddenly occurred to me to ask: what if Ancona is telling the truth and actually has managed to infiltrate local law enforcement? How can we trust the integrity of forensics, timelines, and witness statements, if the KKK has infiltrated the constabulary there?
Chalk this up to paranoia maybe. But it seems to me that a preliminary inquiry into Ancona's boasting should occur, including, but not limited to, hauling his ass in front of a Grand Jury (one, I trust, not run by McCulloch) to name his 'friends' under penalty of contempt for failure to do so. Those 'friends' in turn could be questioned as to what if any contacts any has had with law enforcement in the past five years.
There is no law against a scumbag like Ancona having 'friends' in law enforcement. But if that friendship extends to those friends taking steps to compromise the investigation, that smacks of conspiracy to obstruct justice at a minimum.