(Newswire.net — November 25, 2014) — St. Louis, Missouri – A St. Louis grand jury has decided police officer Darren Wilson acted according to police training and within the law. Wilson will not be indicted on any charges for shooting and killing unarmed African American teenager Michael Brown.
Independent coronary investigators, hired by the Brown family, concluded that Wilson shot Michael from near proximity at least eight times – with at least six shots comong from behind. Jerryl Christmas, one of the Brown family attorneys, said the results indicated there was no struggle as official police report says.
Wilson faced charges of first – or second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, or involuntary manslaughter. However, the grand jury deciision was that ‘no probable cause exists’ to file any charges against him, The announcement came Monday evening by Bob McCulloch, the prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County.
A statement from Wilson’s attorney said his client had been following his training and had followed the law, when he shot Brown.
That is exactly why protesters demonstrated in a first place, not only to support Brown family, but also to point out that something is very wrong with the system.
The grand jury decision aggravated Ferguson protesters, some of whom threw objects and began smashing up a police vehicle. Two cars, at least one police vehicle, were set on fire, as was a Little Caesar’s pizza restaurant, RT reported.
“It is not about Wilson any more,” said one of the angry protesters referring to a corrupt system and rising demonstrations in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Seattle, Oakland and Los Angeles.
Though St. Louis County initially denied that was the case, Ferguson police finally admitted they deployed tear gas and dispatched armored SUVs and police tanks to protesters. Gunfire was also reported, though it is unclear who fired and why.
Prior this event, Ku Klux Klan members distributed a fliers with a warning to protesters they will use lethal force upon them. No one was arrested; however, FBI did arrest several Black Panthers members for conspiracy to plant bombs.
President Obama addressed the nation saying that the decision was the grand jury’s to make. “There are Americans who agree with it and there are Americans who are deeply disappointed, even angry. It’s an understandable reaction,” Obama said, as Reuters reported.
Protesters in Ferguson, however, resented ambivalent attitude of the White House an are demanding justice.
“I mean, you have no compassion. You’re like, ‘We killed him. So what?’” one of the demonstrators told the policeman. “I can accept it if there is some accountability.”