CNN: Ferguson Grand Jury Still Hasn’t Reached A Decision

Lenard Blair was among a group of volunteers who helped cover plywood-covered windows of West Florissant Avenue businesses with photographs by St. Louis artist Damon Davis at the Ferguson Market on Wednesday, Nov. 19... Lenard Blair was among a group of volunteers who helped cover plywood-covered windows of West Florissant Avenue businesses with photographs by St. Louis artist Damon Davis at the Ferguson Market on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The project is called 'All Hands on Deck'. The market is where Michael Brown was accused of stealing a box of cigarillos, before being shot to death by a Ferguson police officer on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT MORE LESS
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The grand jury debating whether to indict white Ferguson, Mo. police Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown still hasn’t reached a decision, CNN reported Saturday.

Citing anonymous federal and local law enforcement officials, CNN reported that the grand jury did not reach a decision when it met Friday and it was unclear when it would reconvene again.

The grand jury proceedings have already been going on for three months, and this week Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) declared a state of emergency in anticipation of its decision.

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  1. Avatar for weezer weezer says:

    Then send the kids back to school, for God’s Sake!

  2. Bullshit, dear.

    The grand jury is going to let a murderer walk because that is what the highly prejudiced prosecutor wants it to do.

    Any “unrest” will be the work of professional provocateurs—people much like you, Snookums----who will take advantage of the events to make the Ferguson community look bad.

    President Obama has nothing to do with it.

    Why do you take such delight in lying through your tooth?

  3. There is not going to be an indictment, at least not on the state level and everybody knows it. But the worse part is everybody knew it as soon as they heard of Micheal Brown’s killing.

  4. Clearly, we all know there will not be an indictment. However, we know that they’re obviously still going through the motions of pretending to deliberate. That’s a good sign.
    The fight must continue!! We as Americans must all stand together and demand justice for ALL Americans equally-- regardless of skin color, appearance, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, creed, etc…and in time it will happen, step by step, as the forces against equality are fighting just as hard to ensure equality never happens.
    The result for now is clear, as we know that “they” wouldn’t have even pretended considering charging a white officer with a black “thug’s” death ten years ago. But today they are, so we are making a little progress.
    The fight must continue, and ten years from now we will have some beginnings of the color blind justice Reagan the racist lied about.

  5. St. Louis County either needs Henry Fonda on this grand jury panel or Vincent Bugliosi for a DA – preferably both!

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