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BREAKING: Ferguson Grand Jury Decides NO INDICTMENT For Officer Darren Wilson!

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After 115 days of waiting for justice, the Ferguson, Missouri Grand Jury has finally reached a verdict in the case of Officer Darren Wilson fatally shooting unarmed teen Michael Brown.  Details inside...

The Grand Jury, made up of 12 members (3 black and 9 white) in the Michael Brown/Darren Wilson case has decided NOT to indict Officer Wilson. 

The Prosecuting Attorney, Robert McCulloch, specifically cited that the recorded eye witness accounts were not in congruence with the autopsy report and physical evidence.  The credibility of witnesses appeared to be an issue.

The Grand Jury, who deliberated for 2 days, was presented with 5 possible charges.  After a full examination of an unprecendented amount of evidence and witnesses, the grand jury had to determine if Officer Wilson used his authority to use a firearm properly, or if he acted in self defense.  The Grand Jury has determined there is no cause for a trial.

There are several hundreds of people who have been protesting in the streets of Ferguson all day today.  The crowds have grown substatially and will only grow larger across the country and even internationally.

Neither Michael Brown's parents nor their lawyer Ben Crump were contacted prior to the nnouncement of a decision being reached, despite being promised the prosecutor's office would offer a 6-hour notice courtesy.  The family of Mike Brown learned through CNN that the grand jury reached a decision, and the family was contacted a while afterwards.

As for what Darren Wilson has been up to during his paid administrative leave from work...he doesn't seem to be down in the dumps about the fact he took the life of a teen.  He quietly got married for the second time just a couple weeks ago, just 15 miles from Ferguson in a city of Oakland. His new wife is nine years his elder and is a fellow Ferguson police officer.  Interesting.

Darren also reportedly has been meeting with network television heads, accoding to CNN.  We're sure he's anxious to tell his story after hiding out these last three months.

As for what people can do now:  An organization called the Blackout for Human Rights (Blackout) has called for swift action in a social media campaign.  It is a network of concerned citizens who commit their energy and resources to immediately address the staggering level of human rights violations against fellow Americans throughout the United States.  Check out the video below:

We are severely disappointed in this decision.  Our prayers are with the family of Michael Brown.

 

 

UPDATE (10:45p ET): President Obama spoke for just over nine minutes tonight, urging Americans to accept a grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson for the August shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown.

 

"First and foremost, we are a nation built on the rule of law, and so we need to accept that this decision was the grand jury's to make," Obama said. "There are Americans who agree with it, and there are Americans who are deeply disappointed, even angry. But I join Michael's parents in asking anyone who protests this decision to do so peacefully."

 

The President said the concerns of those upset by the grand jury decision are legitimate.

 

"We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to the broader problems that we still face as a nation," he said. "The fact is in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of legacy of racial discrimination in this country."

 

He urged law enforcement officers to"work with the community, not against the community, to distinguish the handful of people who may use the grand jury's decision as an excuse for violence, distinguish them from the vast majority, who just want their voices heard in terms of how law enforcement and communities of color interact."
 

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