The thugs who knocked down protester Martin Gugino will face no charges because the grand jury voted not to indict them.

It is always a surprise when a grand jury votes not to indict, because that hardly ever happens. Prosecutors dominate grand juries so effectively that they almost always get the results they want. Thus, I have to wonder whether the prosecutor intended to fail. Prosecutors want good cooperation with thugs and often have right-wing views, so it is plausible that a prosecutor might choose to fail to prosecute thugs for attacking a protester.

Whether that happened in this case is only speculation, but we know it does happen. Members of a grand jury accused the attorney general of Kentucky of concealing options so as to prevent indictment of thugs, then lying to the public about what he had done.