This is so bad. It misconstrues prosecutorial decisions as factual conclusions about the underlying event. It also uses a definition of murder from federal law that’s inapplicable to an event under the jurisdiction of Missouri. It’s a sloppy opinion piece, not a fact check.
https://twitter.com/cnnsotu/status/1162437245133119488
In case you think that’s a distinction without a difference, compare the unusual and rarely invoked federal murder statute used by @jaketapper and the Missouri statutes that would have applied had a murder case against Wilson been tried. 
imho Wesley Lowery exploded Tapper’s argument before he even taped it.
https://twitter.com/wesleylowery/status/1161760685212258304?s=21
I guess we could be like, “FACT CHECK — OJ was acquitted by a jury in a duly conducted criminal trial. You don’t get to have a different fact than that, SIR.”
But that’s not how reasonable people behave. We let people express their *opinion* that justice isn’t always done.
But that’s not how reasonable people behave. We let people express their *opinion* that justice isn’t always done.
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