the fact thats its freezing in Missouri wont stop this series of riots
Posted on 11/24/2014 12:58:33 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A grand jury has reached a decision about whether to indict a Ferguson police officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown, a lawyer for Brown’s family said today.
The panel has been considering charges against Darren Wilson, the white suburban St. Louis officer who fatally shot the black 18-year-old after a confrontation in August.
The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office has told the family the decision will be announced after 5 p.m., attorney Benjamin Crump told The Associated Press.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was traveling to St. Louis from the Capitol this afternoon, spokesman Scott Holste told the AP, but did not say why.
Speculation about the timing of an announcement swirled and largely peaceful protests took place during the weekend after the grand jury met Friday but apparently did not reach a decision.
Reggie Cunningham was among Sunday night’s protesters. He said he doubted Wilson would be indicted and felt like authorities were delaying an announcement “to spin this in the most positive way possible.”
“The more that they drag this out, the angrier people are going to be,” said Cunningham, 30, of St. Louis. The shooting triggered riots and looting during the summer, and police responded with armored vehicles and tear gas.
Many had thought a grand jury decision would be announced yesterday, based partly on a stepped-up police presence in the preceding days.
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Why can’t they do like Obola does and make the announcement at 5 PM on a Friday when it will be ignored?
Fires look so much nicer at night!
Lock and load!
Perhaps because the jurors wanted to be home for Thanksgiving, and the authorities are hoping that the combined Thanksgiving/Black Friday holiday will keep more people thinking about something other than Ferguson.
Get ready to rumble.
News reporters look a little nervous to be covering this crap on the scene this afternoon....
“[Announcement Tonight]”
Why not during the day so all the protestors will be at work?
That’s bound to reduce the crowd by at least 1 or 2 - maybe.
RE: Why not during the day so all the protestors will be at work?
THIS *IS* THEIR WORK :)
I’m sure it’s been said, but it’s worth repeating:
“Even with a rookie prosecutor, a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich.”
The Browns and Martins—any parents of a `wild child’—this is why most of the rest of us were raised, and raised our children, to respect authority.
Suck it up, learn from your mistakes and move on. Let’s hope Ferguson does this, but sorry to say, it seems unlikely.
As a postscript, I often see a parent(s) who screwed up one set of kids and then they find themselves raising their grand kids as well—unfortunately, screwing them up as well.
From everything I’ve read, heard and seen Treyvon and Michael were bad kids. They didn’t deserve to die, but they put themselves in that position. It’s a multi-generational shame.
I was being facetious.
Or they were waiting for Mr. Wilson to be away on his honeymoon.
FERGUSON, Mo. — Darren Wilson, the officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in August, has been out of public sight ever since. Yet last month, he stepped into a St. Louis County office building, gave his name and applied for a marriage license.
Several days later, Officer Wilson married Barbara Spradling, a fellow officer in the Ferguson Police Department, public records show
I’m not into the whole zombie thing, but can appreciate the whole dual purpose of training for a “zombie apocalypse”...
Is that real?
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