During his press conference Monday night, St. Louis County prosecutor Robert P. McCulloch said members of the media and people on social media made the grand jury’s job more difficult:
“The most significant challenge encountered in this investigation has been the 24-hour news cycle and its insatiable appetite for something, for anything to talk about, following closely behind with the nonstop rumors on social media,” McCulloch said.
On CNN, Jeffrey Toobin said McCulloch’s speech opened with an “extended whine” that was “embarrassing and undignified.”
Later as President Obama addressed the country after the verdict, he said “There will inevitably be some negative reaction, and it will make for good TV.”
McCulloch announces the grand jury’s decision Monday. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Cristina Fletes-Boutte, Pool)
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