1. Rare Grand Jury No‑Indictments
A comment notes that grand juries almost always indict, so a failure to do so is unusual:
“A grand jury can indict a ham sandwich, [but] the fact that they failed to get an indictment here must mean they had ~nothing.” – jobs_throwaway
2. Private Surveillance Companies Exploiting Data
Many users point out that firms like Flock and Axon are commercial entities that could monetize the data they collect:
“Flock and Axon are private companies. What’s to stop them from selling this license‑plate data to the police or to other parties to pad their quarterly numbers?” – lenerdenator
3. Disillusionment with Democratic Processes
A recurring sentiment is that voting feels ineffective in the face of entrenched power:
“If voting made a difference they wouldn’t let us do it.” – recursivedoubts
4. Direct Resistance & Jury Nullification
Some see the lack of indictment as a form of social‑political jury nullification, where citizens push back by refusing to legitimize the charges:
“Would this still be jury nullification in a social/political sense?” – giraffe_lady