[Live Thread] Grand jury reaches decision in case of Ferguson officer [Announcement: 9 pm EST]

Washington Post ^ | November 24, 2014 | Chico Harlan, Wesley Lowery, and and Kimberly Kindy

[rdl6989]

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.

[KansasGirl]

They need to bring out the fire trucks and spray these idiots down with water. Cold and wet would get them off the streets real quick!

[MplsSteve]

I have to admit that my knowledge of riot control techniques is pretty thin - but given the weather, wouldn’t it make sense to have a fire truck near by so they can hose down the protestors?

[Hoodat]

Great point.

[FourtySeven]

Seasons Greetings!

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I am going back to 8 th grade art. Long time ago. :) I thought black absorbed all colors while white reflected colors

[Girlene]

True!

[kjam22]

Tear gas looks like its working pretty well....

[KC_Lion]

Katrina Pierson is awesome!

Have you met her too Syncro? LOL

[gov_bean_ counter]

Would not be surprised to see him attempt to prevent the new Congress from being seated...

[tomkat]

Gettin’ there pretty rapidly.

Imagine it’ll be worse tomorrow . . .

[VanShuyten]

Police scanner said about 20 minutes ago that there was an armed gang at the Meineke’s but had mixed in with the crowd.

[Jet Jaguar]

Fire on S. Florissant.

[tapatio]

It is surreal to see a Season’s Greetings sign above the smoke of tear gas canisters.

[ozarkgirl]

At the risk of sounding morbid, I wonder how long it'll be tonight before someone (cop, protestor, bystanders) gets killed?

Mr. OG said something similar at dinner tonight, he said if there is no indictment - somebody is going to die tonight.

I will add there may be many somebodies die tonight. I wonder if it's worth it to them?

[21twelve]

Listening to the scanner - their radios are having issues - that won’t help. Also, someone hit the “emergency response” button by accident.

Fog of war and all that.

[ReaganThatcherJohnPaul2]

Anyone know the Grand Jury count? Was it 12-0, 8-4?

[Jet Jaguar]

Florisant and Palm large crowd

[onemiddleamerican]

Good idea to “cool off” the hotheads.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

...wouldn’t it make sense to have a fire truck near by so they can hose down the protestors?

You don't want the protesters to be uncomfortable, do you? /S

[ExCTCitizen]

As a friend said bring in the tanks...