Professor Jeannine Bell
Posted on 11/05/2014 2:19:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Any minute now, a grand jury is expected to decide if whether or not police officer Darren Wilson is to be charged for the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in the Missouri suburb of Ferguson four months ago.
Forensic, autopsy and investigation reports released in October indicate the six-year veteran cop will not be indicted, an event some say will cause an outbreak in riots similar to the ones in 1992 when several Los Angeles cops were acquitted in relation to a taped beating of Rodney King.
"The LA riots with Rodney King is what should be expected to happen in Ferguson," law professor Jeannine Bell, of Indiana University Maurer School of Law, told CBS St. Louis. "Brown's death was very detrimental to the community. The individuals who are protesting now have suggested in speaking to the press given the ongoing protests in Ferguson that that could happen."
Ferguson has already seen scores of protests, both peaceful and violent, along with looting after the unarmed black teenager was killed by Wilson, who is white, on Aug. 9. In the meantime, Missouri and Ferguson police are bracing themselves for a possible "perfect storm" after the grand jury makes a decision, Bell said.
But Bell also said law enforcement in Ferguson, where most residents are black and most of the police force is white, don't seem to be doing all they can to quell the racial tensions, namely their unwavering support for the cop who killed Brown.
"When the Justice Department had to tell the police department to not wear arm bands saying 'I Am Darren Wilson,' that suggested a lot," Bell told CBS St. Louis. "It's not surprising that that would make things worse. You're announcing to the crowd that you're like someone who shot and killed someone who was not armed."
The grand jury results are expected sometime this month.
Professor Jeannine Bell
Lock and Load!
How're they gonna have a proper Rodney King Riot without flat screen TVs up for grabs?
Like Charlton Heston told Spike Lee, when Lee threatened Heston “ I’m right here at home Spike. I’m waitin for ya”.
There aren’t any real instances of racism anymore are there?
Who is going to steal the Swisher Sweet cigars now?
“Any minute now..”
Is this why some idiots were walking around campus, disrupting class, with Guy Fawkes masks on?
When will the second Battle of Five Armies trailer come out. That’s what I want to know.
Lock and Load!
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And these signs should be going up:
You Loot, We Shoot.
My friend said that if you know how many guns you have, you don't have enough.
I don't know how many guns I own now.
Attention: Rioters, looters, and arsonists will be shot on sight. Now, are there any questions, a**holes?
They should wait to announce until Monday AM, everyone will be at work then and won’t riot……… Bwahahaahhh got ya on that one ;- )
Attempted murder of white-boy truck drivers?
>>Didn’t they already steal all the flat screen TVs?
Maybe they’ll loot the Home Depot and steal some tools and then get motivated to learn a skill and get a job so they can compete with Mexicans. Its amazing how a long day at work just takes all the energy to riot right out of a person.
One genius shoe store owner there hid all his money under a pair of work boots.
Yutes have it so much easier now. There were no flat screens back in the Rodney King days.
Well, there WAS The Mooch telling the peeps that after they vote ‘the ticket’ (i.e. Dem) that they should reward themselves with some chicken. [/sarc]
But Bell also said citizens in Ferguson, where most residents are black and most of the police force is white, don’t seem to be doing all they can to quell the racial tensions, namely their unwavering support for the thug armed robber named Brown the cop killed.
sounds better!
But the Dems lost big so I guess they only get some watermelon.
It's a good diuretic for fat people, just axe the Mooch.
49 people were killed in the LA riots.
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