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Ferguson Protester: Things Will 'Never Be The Same' If Darren Wilson Isn't Indicted
The Huffington Post ^ | October 23, 2014 | Mariah Stewart and Ryan J. Reilly

Posted on 10/23/2014 5:04:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

FERGUSON, Mo. -- Five people, including a legal observer who said he was simply walking back to his car, were arrested outside the Ferguson Police Department Wednesday night as protesters gathered to call for the arrest of Darren Wilson, the police officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.

The officer's case is currently being reviewed by a grand jury, which must decide whether or not to indict Wilson by January 2015, though a decision expected within the next several weeks. Amid rampant speculation that the jury will side with Wilson, protesters on site predicted more turmoil in Ferguson in the event of an acquittal.

Authorities estimated that about 200 people gathered outside the Police Department Wednesday. The crowd was largely peaceful, though some members of the crowd knocked over barricades that had been set up to block access to the department's parking lot. A St. Louis County Police spokesman said that when officers attempted to clear the lot, they were "immediately pelted with rocks and bottles." Over the course of the night, a total of five officers were assailed by rocks, bottles and a metal rod, but no injuries were reported, the spokesman said....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: darrenwilson; ferguson; michaelbrown; missouri; raceriots; riots; trayvons
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To: Truth29

“Likely” outside agitators?

Yeah ... probability 100%.


41 posted on 10/23/2014 6:57:41 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: dforest

Facts make the American people uncomfortable; they prefer their own biases.


42 posted on 10/23/2014 7:15:30 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Theodore R.

Dear Ferguson protester: No one gives a crap what you think or feel. It is best you keep your sh** in Ferguson. Get a job. Oh, yes...STFU. Your best days are over.


43 posted on 10/23/2014 7:18:03 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Ann Archy

Yep, Ferguson clearly delenda est.


44 posted on 10/23/2014 7:50:52 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Secret Agent Man
"...then again i wouldn’t have just strong-armed robbed a convenience store either. "

U just haven't sufficiently started to celebrate and embrace diversity....

Get with the program, citizen.....

45 posted on 10/23/2014 7:55:56 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Never Be The Same” -— now, isn’t that rich?


46 posted on 10/25/2014 6:51:03 PM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ferguson delenda est.


47 posted on 10/25/2014 6:55:59 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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