By Mustafa Caglayan
NEW YORK
A former Missouri grand juror filed a lawsuit Monday to speak about his views on an investigation into the death of a black teenager.
The unidentified plaintiff, who served on the grand jury investigating the fatal shooting of unarmed Michael Brown by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, as grand jurors are bound to secrecy under Missouri law.
"Plaintiff would like to speak about the experience of being a grand juror, including expressing plaintiff’s opinions about the evidence and the investigation, and believes plaintiff’s experience could contribute to the current public dialogue concerning race relations," read the lawsuit.
A St. Louis County grand jury, headed by Prosecutor Robert McCulloch, declined to indict Wilson in November 2014 in the death of the 18-year-old, setting off nationwide protests over perceived injustices within the U.S. justice system.
McCulloch is named as the defendant in the lawsuit as he would be the person to bring charges against the plaintiff.
"In plaintiff’s view, the current information available about the grand jurors’ views is not entirely accurate—especially the implication that all grand jurors believed that there was no support for any charges," the lawsuit said.
It also said the evidence released by McCulloch following the decision "differed markedly and in significant ways" from the evidence presented to the grand jury earlier in its term.
"After their exhaustive review of the evidence, the grand jury ... determined that no probable cause exist to file any charge against officer Wilson," McCulloch said when announced the decision.
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