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A St. Louis County grand jury has declined to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the case of the shooting death of Michael Brown, USA Today reported Monday evening, quoting Michael Brown's family. The grand jury's decision was announced by prosecutors Monday evening after weeks of speculation about how they would act on the case. Missouri officials called for calm Monday in advance of the announcement. The officer's fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen in August had touched off weeks of sometimes violent protests. The announcement was being made at the courthouse in the St. Louis County seat...

A 13-year-old boy who was reported missing may have left home to join the protests in Ferguson, Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that police have put out an Endangered Person Advisory for Avery Gales of Florissant, Missouri. The report mentions that Gales is thought to have run away to join demonstrators in Ferguson. Gales is described as "black, 5 feet 3 inches tall, 105 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes," according to the Post-Dispatch. Gales has been missing since Nov. 15. Before Gales was reported missing, a boy who appears to match his description and who has the...

Last night we announced that we have received over the past several days a series of leaks from two separate and unrelated sources regarding the long awaited Grand Jury decision regarding the murder of Mike Brown by Ferguson PD Officer Darren Wilson. In our opinion after careful analysis the sources are reliable, and the information we are about to reveal is true. Both sources are government employees with access to both internal government as well as confidential police communications. For reasons of safety we will not be revealing anything further on either our sources or the material leaked to us....

<p>PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - Three Portland police officers posted images on their personal Facebook pages of the official Portland Police Bureau badge, surrounded by a bracelet saying, "I am Darren Wilson."</p> <p>Chief Mike Reese ordered them to remove the images Monday.</p>

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A Portland activist said she was “disgusted” over recent Facebook postings by Portland police that displayed solidarity with a Missouri police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teen. On Monday afternoon, a Missouri grand jury had yet to announce if it had indicted officer Darren Wilson after Michael Brown, 18, was shot and killed on Aug 9. Sunday evening, a social media flurry kicked up on Facebook after three Portland police officers posted images of a police badge covered by a black band reading “I am Darren Wilson.” “I think it’s sickening and it promotes fear amongst our...

The national hysteria over the Ferguson grand jury is a fresh indictment of America. The core issue is a charge of police brutality by a white officer shooting an unarmed black 18-year-old man. Yet all around the country, the talk is about black violence. Here in Boston, police are sending out robocalls to public school students and sending messages to college students to stay calm. In Oakland, California, businesses are putting steel plates on their doors. In Los Angeles, Police Chief Charlie Beck said he hopes to get advance notice from Missouri authorities about whether or not the grand jury...

The New York Times published information about the address of Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson on Monday in a move that has generated controversy. Tensions are running high in Ferguson, Missouri, as the world awaits a St. Louis County grand jury’s decision on whether to indict the white policeman for the Aug. 9 shooting death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown. Wilson received death threats after he was identified as the officer who shot Brown, and as community members and activists plan to protest if he is not indicted, the location of his home could potentially endanger him, his new...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) requested that President Barack Obama avoid making a “very public push” on immigration during the midterm primaries, according to White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett.

The Ferguson grand jury is expected to make an announcement today about whether Officer Darren Wilson will be indicted for fatally shooting Michael Brown back in August. Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump was on MSNBC earlier this afternoon talking about the impending decision, and Joy Reid asked him exactly what the family is planning if Wilson is not indicted. She first asked if there’s been any official communication between law enforcement or government officials and the Brown family. Crump said there has been “none whatsoever” and that it’s obviously painful for them to have to wait like this for an...

Authorities in St. Louis County, Mo. continued preparations ahead of an expected grand jury decision on whether to charge a white police officer for the fatal August 9 shooting of a black teen in Ferguson.

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,...

<p>Protesters were in the streets of Ferguson on Sunday night ahead of the grand jury decision, which was expected to be announced sometime Monday afternoon. The protesters expressed anger towards President Barack Obama and Democrats for not doing enough in the fatal officer-involved shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.</p>

Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo. police officer in Ferguson who shot and killed Michael Brown on Aug. 9., spent part of his time deep in hiding by getting married to a fellow Ferguson cop, Barbara Spradling. Wedding bells chimed — so to speak — for the couple last month, The New York Times reports. A copy of the State of Missouri marriage license found by the Times shows that Wilson, 28, and Spradling, 37, became lawfully wedded in the eyes of the state on Friday, Oct. 24. Two witnesses signed the marriage license. One was Greg Kloeppel, an attorney currently...

<p>Obama is sneering at the Republicans again, telling them to "pass a bill" regarding immigration. The Democrats are taunting the Republicans and daring them to do something.</p> <p>It appears that there doesn't need to be another "bill" passed, as this ACT is supposed to prevent Obama from doing exactly what he is doing.</p>

A grand jury has reached a decision on whether to indict Darren Wilson, the white Ferguson, Mo. police officer whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager sparked days of turbulent protests, sources close to the process said. Sources said that press conferences are being prepared by the county prosecutors’ office and the Missouri governor. Those press conferences will likely come later today.

A decision is expected Monday from the grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, that is weighing evidence in the Michael Brown shooting, U.S. and local law enforcement officials told CNN. The announcement will come from the St Louis County Prosecutor, the sources said. The sources did not know what decision will be announced.

Multiple police, fire, and EMS crews staging right now in Clayton.

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Police: Woman Saying She's 'Ready For Ferguson' Shoots, Kills Self By Accident By Catherine Thompson PublishedNovember 24, 2014, 6:49 AM EST St. Louis police were investigating an incident in which a woman waving a gun inside a vehicle and saying she was "ready for Ferguson" apparently shot herself in the head by accident, CNN reported Sunday. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said the shooting occurred Friday night in the city's downtown area. Sources briefed on the investigation told CNN that a police report identified the victim as 26-year-old Becca Campbell. The sources told CNN that the victim was involved...