This post has been updated.
The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office said Monday afternoon that the grand jury deliberating whether to charge Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson in the Michael Brown shooting had reached a decision and it would be announced later in the day.
The decision will be announced at a 9 p.m. ET press conference.
CNN first reported that the decision was incoming.
Grand jury decision expected to be announced today in Darren Wilson case, @evanperez and @ShimonPro report. #TheLead is live in Missouri @4
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 24, 2014
The Washington Post also reported that a decision had been reached and an announcement would likely come later Monday afternoon.
A decision has been described as imminent for the last week or so, with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard in anticipation of the news.
This “breaking news” was debunked by the prosecutor’s office and the governor’s offices on Saturday. CNN hasn’t exactly been a bastion of truth telling so far on this matter.
Way to stay ahead of the curve, Jake.
Not like CNN aren’t doing everything they can to shape the narrative on this…hey Jake, why don’t you talk about the off the record conversations your network has had with Darren Wilson to try and get an “exclusive” interview? Bunch of scavengers…
The full headline should read:
CNN: Ferguson Grand Jury Decision Expected Today; Republicans Prepare to Shoot Black People in "Self Defense"
My Facebook and GMAIL accounts just went down, which isn’t unheard of, except all the other links on my Chrome page are still working, which is unheard of, at least for me.
Don’t mean to inject personal stuff into a thread, but felt compelled to point it out somewhere very public, and this place is very public.
Anyone else have a problem like this right after they announced the Ferguson grand jury reached a verdict? Bear with me, I’m just stunned at the fact only the communication and social sites wnet down, and not the websites like this one and Huffpost.
JEP - I was reading social media over the weekend and there were reports that law enforcement was going to jam signals in the St. Louis and Ferguson areas. Are you near there?
I just pulled up my Twitter and Facebook feeds, both appear to be working where I am…EDIT: and now sources I actually trust on this subject (aka NOT CNN) are saying they are hearing a decision may be in. Governor Nixon has called a 4pm meeting with local clergy in the area.
I’m not a religious person but I pray for these people. This whole series of events has been an eye opener as to truly how little movement there has actually been in race relations since the Civil Rights movement. 50 years later, seeing an awful lot of embracing of Jim Crow…how sad. And embarrassing as a white woman.
Anonymous has apparently been actively doxxing STLPD and KKK pages and websites all weekend too.
I’m in `Kansas City, KS right now, about a mile from the Missouri border They are both back, FB and Gmail, But I have never lost connections so selectively like that, I’ve lost them wholesale many times for all the typical reasons, but that was freaky for this old geek. I have also never seen that kind of notice, either.
Something’s rotten in Missouri.
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