BREAKING: Ferguson Grand Jury Will Not Indict Darren Wilson
Grand jury has decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, reports say.
“For 108 days, we have been in a state of prolonged and protracted grief,” protesters said in a statement shortly after the announcement. “The results are in. And we still don’t have justice.”
“This fight for the dignity of our people, for the importance of our lives, for the protection of our children, is one that did not begin [with] Michael’s murder and will not end with this announcement,” they added.
St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said on Monday that the grand jury deliberated for two days before deciding not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was killed on August 9 in Ferguson, Missouri.
The fatal encounter between Brown and Wilson, who is white, sparked months of protests that were often met with violent responses from law enforcement. The protests grew to become an organized movement against racial profiling and police brutality.
Sources told the Washington Post that press conferences are being prepared by the prosecutor’s office and Governor Jay Nixon, who last week declared a state of emergency for Missouri ahead of the announcement.
— by Nadia Prupis writing for Common Dreams
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BREAKING: Ferguson Grand Jury Will Not Indict Darren Wilson
Grand jury has decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, reports say.
“For 108 days, we have been in a state of prolonged and protracted grief,” protesters said in a statement shortly after the announcement. “The results are in. And we still don’t have justice.”
“This fight for the dignity of our people, for the importance of our lives, for the protection of our children, is one that did not begin [with] Michael’s murder and will not end with this announcement,” they added.
St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said on Monday that the grand jury deliberated for two days before deciding not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was killed on August 9 in Ferguson, Missouri.
The fatal encounter between Brown and Wilson, who is white, sparked months of protests that were often met with violent responses from law enforcement. The protests grew to become an organized movement against racial profiling and police brutality.
Sources told the Washington Post that press conferences are being prepared by the prosecutor’s office and Governor Jay Nixon, who last week declared a state of emergency for Missouri ahead of the announcement.
— by Nadia Prupis writing for Common Dreams
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