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.
Only a bunch of feral savages would set fires, throw rocks at cops, break into and loot businesses. The problem is with them, for blaming their self-inflicted pathologies on Whitey.
This Ferguson bunch will probably want watermelon too. It's their right.
C’mon and make an ass out of yourselves again. Face it. You live like a thug, you die like a thug. There’s universal laws at play here that no amount of arguing over or rationalizing will change. Your kid acted like a thug, picked the wrong fight and had to pay the consequences. There was no stacked deck.
Hmmmm. Any other locations besides LA we should know about? Besides, Rodney “can’t we all get along” King is gone now.
_>
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.
Where do you live again?...: )
“Any minute now....”
“Sometime this month...”
Been hearing that for over a month now. Just come out with it already, for crying out loud.
I think they may be waiting for a bitter cold night when the ferals are likely to be drinking 40’s and toking on Swisher Sweet blunts and not so inclined to loot and burn.
Again.
good burn the place down
Ferguson is a garbage dump
LOL! You KNOW that ain’t gonna happen.
Too Funny!
Errr. Are you implying that some won’t be missed if they “take a hike”? :>}
Who gives a shi!. Let the fools destroy Ferguson.
>>LOL! You KNOW that ain’t gonna happen.
I have a dream...
Facts? ...we don't need no stinking facts.
Well,if experts say so....what are they,riot experts?
Heston did actually say “ I’m here, waiting” on a local Los Angeles news station. I was watched it live.
They are building up the possibility so much, I would expect some organizers to be selling comericial advertising and corporate sponsorship. “ Call Mo-Betta Riot’s.com if you need a temporary work assignment with all the bennies from Day One! “
Oh....to be a Korean shopkeeper in St. Louis....
“How’re they gonna have a proper Rodney King Riot without flat screen TVs up for grabs?”
Answer: Move the riots to other parts of St. Louis.
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