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Michael Brown Shooting: Experts Warn L.A. Riots Over Rodney King 'Should Be Expected' In Ferguson
Headline and Global News ^ | November 5, 2014 | Oulimata Ba

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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: California; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: blacks; darrenwilson; ferguson; looting; michaelbrown; missouri; raceriots; trayvons
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To: blam
I don't know how many guns I own now.

I keep a spreadsheet, otherwise I wouldn't know either.

61 posted on 11/05/2014 3:17:44 PM PST by JoeFromSidney (Book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. Available from Amazon.)
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To: blam

If you sit down with a pencil and piece of paper, can you figure it out?


62 posted on 11/05/2014 3:19:25 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let them...

stay out of town until they are tired... bulldoze the mess and let them live with it.


63 posted on 11/05/2014 3:20:54 PM PST by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016)
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To: Mr. K

announce it the day before welfare checks arrive


64 posted on 11/05/2014 3:21:31 PM PST by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That picture puts the article into context.


65 posted on 11/05/2014 3:34:53 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (Straight ahead and don't bunch up.)
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To: jaz.357

Oulimata Ba is an expert!


66 posted on 11/05/2014 4:00:34 PM PST by ronnie raygun (Empty head empty suit what could go wrong?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Izat sideshow BOB!!?


67 posted on 11/05/2014 4:02:16 PM PST by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

They need to order about 25 TVs from Proptronics, and hang em up! :-)


68 posted on 11/05/2014 4:03:21 PM PST by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just do it and get the hell over with.


69 posted on 11/05/2014 4:04:44 PM PST by dforest
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

and in other news, LE has found alive the young woman kidnapped in PA several days ago. Know the young woman’s Family is overjoyed.


70 posted on 11/05/2014 4:06:30 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: blam

I bought my first just after the 1968 riots!


71 posted on 11/05/2014 4:16:03 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, Missing Woman, Reportedly Found Alive In Maryland. Congratulation to her Family and Congratulations to LE that she was found alive.


72 posted on 11/05/2014 4:17:04 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Thankfully, the new LeBron sneaker release was delayed. Would have created a perfect storm.


73 posted on 11/05/2014 4:17:46 PM PST by American Guesser
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The individuals who are protesting now have suggested in speaking to the press given the ongoing protests in Ferguson that that could happen.”

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Jeannine is not very articulate for a law professor, is she?

The writer of this piece is also an idiot.


74 posted on 11/05/2014 4:19:36 PM PST by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Doesn’t Missouri have a law against inciting to riot?


75 posted on 11/05/2014 4:22:56 PM PST by sport
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; WildHighlander57; hoosiermama; LucyT

Professor Jeannine Bell

http://knau.org/post/justice-department-downplays-hate-crime-law-expectation

Justice Department Downplays Hate Crime Law Expectation

Wed May 2, 2012

EXCERPT

JOHNSON: So it’s hard to prove a violation of the law, which explains the small number of cases. And experts say there’s another reason it’s rare: the Attorney General has to certify there’s a special reason for the federal government to be involved every time he wants to use the hate crimes law. But the new law does give federal authorities some wiggle room. Jeannine Bell teaches law at Indiana University.

JEANNINE BELL: The new legislation creates the ability for the Justice Department to provide funds to localities that are engaged in hate crime prosecution.

JOHNSON: Not just money, but expertise, that federal authorities have been deploying in Florida and in Oklahoma.


76 posted on 11/05/2014 4:35:50 PM PST by maggief
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To: Bryanw92

NAH, I’m bettin’ it won’t happen!


77 posted on 11/05/2014 4:45:29 PM PST by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The story got stale waiting for an election. The prosecutor failed to deliver on schedule for the Dems and now there’s no up side for a riot.

The money just isn’t in this one. Mooche isn’t offering to buy them any fried chicken for rioting after they failed to vote.
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78 posted on 11/05/2014 5:03:44 PM PST by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects)
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To: jaz.357

Time to pull out the big guns, and start using them.

Riot? Come on down suckers...


79 posted on 11/05/2014 5:17:02 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The mid-term elections were perfect for him. Now Obama can really lead from behind.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The local Ferguson government should publicize a large purchase of body bags. Let those who think they can game this with no down side think about it.


80 posted on 11/05/2014 5:18:20 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The mid-term elections were perfect for him. Now Obama can really lead from behind.)
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