The fear among some local residents and officials trying to maintain peace in Ferguson is that failure to charge the officer could stoke new anger among a community profoundly mistrustful of the legal system. Many say they just hope the grand jury's decision, whatever it is, has irrefutable facts to back it up.
Therein lies the problem. If our system works as designed, when there are NOT irrefutable facts, there are no charges or conviction. A conviction is only supposed to happen when the evidence is beyond any shadow of doubt.
