During a conversation on Twitter Wednesday someone using the handle @thesusannichols claimed at 9:45 a.m that the Ferguson grand jury that is deciding whether or not to charge officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown Aug. 9 didn’t have enough evidence to warrant an arrest.
“I know someone sitting on the grand jury of this case There isn’t enough at this point to warrant an arrest,” the tweet read.
The St. Louis prosecutor is now investigating whether or not jurors leaked information to the public, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The tweet quickly sparked debate on Twitter as many were shocked and noted that the grand jury process wasn’t supposed to be discussed. The @thesusannichols which, the Post-Dispatch notes was active for some five years, was deleted after a few minutes but several Twitter users had already taken screenshots of the dubious tweet.
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