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The most tone deaf moment in the St. Louis County prosecutor’s speech

In the question and answer period after his announcement that Darren Wilson would not be indicted for killing Michael BrownSt. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch said the grand jurors responsible for the decision "gave up their lives" to work on the case.

In a case that he later acknowledged involved the actual loss of life — 18-year-old Brown's — that choice of words was tone deaf at best. And people listening noticed.

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