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Concern over Ferguson grand jury decision reaches beyond suburb
KCTV-TV ^ | October 31, 2014 | Jeanene Kiesling, Reporter & Laura McCallister, Multimedia Producer

Posted on 11/01/2014 2:37:02 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

WICHITA, KS (KCTV) - In Ferguson, MO, demonstrators plan to hold a four day "Justice for Michael Brown" weekend.

Brown was a black teenager shot and killed by a white police officer, generating outrage.

Currently a state grand jury is deciding whether to indict Darren Wilson, the officer in Brown's death.

Police and activists like the Rev. Al Sharpton are preparing for the possibility of new demonstrations depending on what the grand jury decides.

Concern over what will happen with the state grand jury decision reaches far beyond Ferguson. With the grand jury decision expected in the next couple of weeks, U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas Barry Grissom reached out to community leaders, law enforcement, faith-based leaders and the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or NAACP to make sure they are prepared and taking a proactive approach, regardless of the outcome.

"None of us do (want to get caught off guard). Our primary response in law enforcement is to make sure our citizens are safe in their homes, their houses of worship, their businesses, their communities," Grissom said.

To try to make sure that happens once a grand jury decision is announced, Grissom is continuing a dialogue which began with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and law enforcement after protests in Ferguson turned violent and disruptive.

Grissom said regardless of the outcome of the grand jury, they need to be prepared.

"We need to talk about the what-if's. What if there isn't an indictment of the officer or what he is indicted. Members of all communities are going to react differently," he said.

Grissom said while he doesn't think there will be problems locally, he believes a conversation with community leaders was necessary....

(Excerpt) Read more at kctv5.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: darrenwilson; ferguson; missouri; riots
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"Members of all communities are going to react differently"

Understatement of the year nominee.

1 posted on 11/01/2014 2:37:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This was a hideously wrong hill to die upon. The story is set about with doubt.


2 posted on 11/01/2014 2:37:55 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Justice for Michael Brown”

Seems to me He’s already the recipient of justice.

CC


3 posted on 11/01/2014 2:45:42 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lesson to be learned: If you want politicians to support your cause, act violently, or at least threaten violence. Works every time.


4 posted on 11/01/2014 2:48:28 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: rawcatslyentist

Play this up for four days to get the black vote on Tuesday. Wednesday they refuse to indict.

A few cars will be burned, some stores looted and once again the blacks will remain on the rat plantation, failing to see the irony.


6 posted on 11/01/2014 3:39:52 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Ebola: Satan's End Game for Humanity.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The obligatory adjective “unarmed” is amazingly absent from the article.


7 posted on 11/01/2014 4:03:26 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Prepping...for that night at least...and a few afterwards.


8 posted on 11/01/2014 4:16:51 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Cowboy Bob

And there will be violence, regardless of what the verdict is.


9 posted on 11/01/2014 4:36:50 AM PDT by abclily
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The only proactive preparation law enforcement authorities should be taking is getting multiple sniper positions ready for deployment. Mow down ALL THE BARBARIANS - without apology.

This is the only mentality that will eventually restore a law abiding-society to true Americans

10 posted on 11/01/2014 4:38:35 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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"Members of all communities are going to react differently"
Did The Civil Rights Movement Self Destruct?
11 posted on 11/01/2014 4:56:35 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Obola)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Start shooting looters, as they deserve, and it will briefly mushroom then die in a poll of blood.


12 posted on 11/01/2014 4:57:38 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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Anyone convicted of rioting/looting/theft during this post grand jury decision period should lose their EBT cards PERMANENTLY!! Mandatory, NO exceptions! And announce this in advance. Should stop 50% of thugs.


13 posted on 11/01/2014 5:13:01 AM PDT by donozark (I may not have always saw the Phantoms. But I sure as hell heard their bombs!)
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14 posted on 11/01/2014 5:16:12 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: donozark
Anyone convicted of rioting/looting/theft during this post grand jury decision period should lose their EBT cards PERMANENTLY!! Mandatory, NO exceptions! And announce this in advance. Should stop 50% of thugs.

Agree - shoot the ones caught stealing/destroying and take away benefits from those that got away...

15 posted on 11/01/2014 5:16:32 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
With the grand jury decision expected in the next couple of weeks,

I guess Monday counts as "the next couple of weeks." Can Jarrett pull it off?

16 posted on 11/01/2014 5:24:45 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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How dare those arrogant jurors make a decision based on facts and their own judgement!

Don’t they understand the racists and race pimps (Obama, Holder and Sharpton aren’t the only ones) are demanding
that Officer Wilson be lynched then drawn and quartered on the street where Downtown Brown was shot?


17 posted on 11/01/2014 5:42:15 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Legacy of 'Obama The Divider' - Racial Revenge)
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WICHITA, KS (KCTV) - In Ferguson, MO, demonstrators plan to hold a four day "VIGILANTE JUSTICE for Michael Brown" weekend.
18 posted on 11/01/2014 6:04:24 AM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
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To: Ready4Freddy

I noticed that, too


19 posted on 11/01/2014 6:34:44 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sorry, but just what the bleep is “concern”.

People sitting around with their hands on their chins, knitting their brows?

Or is the media just trying to pick at a scab in order to sell newspapers.


20 posted on 11/01/2014 6:37:15 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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