Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Missouri Police Preparing For Grand Jury Decision
AP ^ | 10-24-2014 | DAVID A. LIEB and JIM SALTER

Posted on 10/24/2014 5:33:24 AM PDT by blam

By DAVID A. LIEB and JIM SALTER
October 24, 2014

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri police have been brushing up on constitutional rights and stocking up on riot gear to prepare for a grand jury's decision about whether to charge a white police officer who fatally shot a black 18-year-old in suburban St. Louis.

The preparations are aimed at avoiding a renewed outbreak of violence during the potentially large demonstrations that could follow an announcement of whether Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson will face a criminal trial for the Aug. 9 death of Michael Brown.

Police and protesters have repeatedly clashed since the shooting, which prompted a national conversation about race and police tactics. Images of officers in riot gear and armored vehicles confronting protesters have drawn widespread criticism.

Many protesters want Darren Wilson indicted for murder. Grand jury proceedings are secret, but legal analysts say recently leaked information about Wilson's testimony to investigators may be an attempt to prepare the public for the possibility that he might not be charged.

(snip)

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: darrenwilson; ferguson; grandjury; riots
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 61-8081-100101-120121-122 next last
To: donozark

it’s the I-35 drug route from Mexico


81 posted on 10/24/2014 6:40:27 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 79 | View Replies]

To: yldstrk
Where’s the officer? Why is he hiding? If what he did was perfectly legit where is he?

I am significantly dumber for having read your comment.

82 posted on 10/24/2014 6:42:26 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: yldstrk

Keep in mind that he’s still a cop, and subject to the orders of his superiors.

The trap that a lot of people keep falling into, I think, is believing that if he comes out, tells his story, people will react to it thoughtfully and reasonably, and will respond appropriately.

Thats overlooking that the protests/riots are deliberate agitation to achieve defined political goals. Iow there’s no reasoning with them - they don’t really care about facts, just about how perception and past grievances can be leveraged for political gain.

There’s no real way to argue with that, because the other side just isn’t listening and is completely unwilling to.


83 posted on 10/24/2014 6:44:31 AM PDT by tanknetter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 75 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

you are a laugh a minute


84 posted on 10/24/2014 6:46:03 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 82 | View Replies]

To: dirtboy
So-called black leaders claim to want ‘justice’ - but their only definition of justice is a trialTRIBAL justice.
85 posted on 10/24/2014 6:46:20 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: yldstrk

??? Really? He should just come on out and face the racists who want him dead....facts be damned.?


86 posted on 10/24/2014 6:46:42 AM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: jsanders2001
I have a lot of black acquaintances, even some friends. Most of them are co-workers; all of the friends are. But they are workers.

My wife now, she also has some black co-workers. Maybe one is a friend of hers. The rest are morally Al Sharpton clones.

The difference is, I suppose, that all of my acquaintances are working for a private company, hence they are workers, or they don't last. My wife works for state government, hence many (white and black)do not do much in the way of work. That's OK, there are a few people like her there to get the actual work done.

You see a pattern, and if you are smart who start from that pattern when meeting new people. But if you are smart, you modify your perceptions for the individual as you get to know them. You do that for all people, white and black or whatever.

87 posted on 10/24/2014 6:50:06 AM PDT by chesley (Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 80 | View Replies]

To: yldstrk

Pretty sure Wilson does not think of himself as “a skinny little twerp.” If he violated protocol then he should get (and probably has gotten) grief for it, but I’m not convinced he did.

Totally agree that the people calling for Wilson’s execution are endorsing evil and should be called on it. Still remember the days when reporters actually commented on the reality of what was going on — “protestors want this, but the law says...” — but don’t really expect them to do that anymore. What does infuriate me is that there are so few black people standing up and saying, “Black people trying to do the lynching is not progress.”


88 posted on 10/24/2014 6:50:11 AM PDT by Amity
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 73 | View Replies]

To: goodnesswins

well it’s a little late now, but hiding hasn’t helped him. He acted like a big coward, not showing his face, having just that one dorky photo out there, trying to totally disappear, not putting his background and story out there to humanize himself.

The Ferguson PD is so ridiculous and they need a public affairs department that is not so effing incompetent. Les incompetentes. Idiots. Haven’t made things any better.


89 posted on 10/24/2014 6:50:21 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 86 | View Replies]

To: blam
and stocking up on riot gear to prepare for a grand jury's decision

This NOT what you do with normal, law-abiding, decent citizens.

But it surely is the prudent thing to do here...

90 posted on 10/24/2014 6:53:31 AM PDT by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: yldstrk

Damn right I am, but still significantly dumber for having read your comment.


91 posted on 10/24/2014 6:55:48 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 84 | View Replies]

To: yldstrk

Why do you expect a cop to act like a politician? In my (admittedly limited)experience, cops care about the law, not politics. They also hate it when the law “goes political,” and no way will they play that game.


92 posted on 10/24/2014 6:56:28 AM PDT by Amity
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 89 | View Replies]

To: yldstrk
I hate you.

I hate you because you are unloveable, unnoticed, unwashed, unhappy, unabased, uncanny, unalluring, uncherished, uncomfortable, undesirable, unclothed, undisciplined, undignified, unimaginable, unforgivable, uninspiring, unlaudable, unlikeable, unimportant.

I really really hate you.


93 posted on 10/24/2014 7:01:08 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 84 | View Replies]

To: C. Edmund Wright
"then again, it also might blow back by opening some white moderates’ eyes to the reality of the socialist race pimps.)"

Wishful thinking, it will never happen. Because there is no such thing as a "White Moderate". All moderates are just Liberals that do not have the courage to admit that they are Liberals and they also hate the fact that they were born White. They vote Liberal, act Liberal, and think Liberal and hate themselves because they are white.

94 posted on 10/24/2014 7:02:22 AM PDT by sport
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

hahaha you just keep cracking me up


95 posted on 10/24/2014 7:04:40 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 93 | View Replies]

To: yldstrk

Chicken make lousy housepet.


96 posted on 10/24/2014 7:08:46 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them. We have no 'news media', only a Soviet Pravda.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 95 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

lol


97 posted on 10/24/2014 7:09:52 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 96 | View Replies]

To: blam

Legitimate protests are acceptable, on the other hand if the animals get violent, destructive and hurtful toward innocent citizens then time to heed the creed “You loot, we shoot.”


98 posted on 10/24/2014 7:19:20 AM PDT by WyCoKsRepublican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: armydawg505
The street lynch mobs are just waiting for any excuse to start burning and looting once again.

Actually, they are just waiting for the stores to re-stock. No point in looting an open store.

99 posted on 10/24/2014 7:23:35 AM PDT by voicereason (The RNC is like the "One-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: yldstrk
Where’s the officer? Why is he hiding? If what he did was perfectly legit where is he?

If a feral lynch mob wanted my neck, I'd be in hiding, too. Heck, I'd probably think seriously about leaving the country.

100 posted on 10/24/2014 7:25:13 AM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 61-8081-100101-120121-122 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson