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No Indictment In Michael Brown Shooting by Crispels(m): 5:00am On Nov 25, 2014
A grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, setting off fresh confrontations between protesters and police in the tense Missouri city Monday night.
While most of the protesters were peacefully assembled on the streets of Ferguson, some protesters smashed the windows of a police cruiser and tried to overturn it, CNN's Jake Tapper reported. Some picked up bricks and smashed the windows of a restaurant.
Some protesters rushed the officers lined up in front of the Ferguson police department. Some in the crowd told the agitators to stop throwing bottles, but their urgings fells on deaf air.
Police responded by lobbing tear gas, even though they said they were smoke pellets.
Fearing just such a reaction, Brown's father had urged demonstrators earlier to remain calm no matter what the grand jury decided.
"Hurting others or destroying property is not the answer," Michael Brown Sr. said. "No matter what the grand jury decides, I do not want my son's death to be in vain. I want it to lead to incredible change, positive change. Change that makes the St. Louis region better for everyone."
Brown Sr.'s wors were echoed by President Barack Obama who too called for calm.
It is an "understandable reaction" that some Americans will agree and others will be made angry by the decision to not indict Wilson, Obama said Monday night.
"First and foremost, we are a nation built on the rule of law, so we need to accept this decision was the grand jury's to make," he said.
'No justice, no peace'
As soon as the crowd learned there would not be an indictment, hundreds of people gathered outside the Ferguson police station in anger and dismay.
Some people broke down in tears. Others threw their hands up and screamed. A chant arose, " F*ck the police! "
The crowd surged toward the metal gates in front of the station and were met by officers in full riot gear. Another chant arose: "No justice, no peace!"
Some protesters destroyed a police car, and one demonstrator was seen dousing another patrol car with lighter fluid before police in riot gear moved in, CNN correspondent Jason Carroll said.
At least one gunshot was heard near the Ferguson Police Department, CNN's Sara Sidner said.
And some protesters were seen throwing bottles at police.
Wilson, a white police officer, shot and killed Brown, a black teenager, on August 9.
After an "exhaustive review," the jurors deliberated for two days, he said. The grand jurors are "the only ones who have heard all the evidence," St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch told reporters.
"The physical and scientific evidence examined by the grand jury, combined with the witness statements, supported and substantiated by that physical evidence, tells the accurate and tragic story of what happened," he said.
Brown's father is "devastated" that Wilson will not face charges, a spokeswoman for Michael Brown Sr. told CNN's Evan Perez.
"While we understand that many others share our pain, we ask that you channel your frustration in ways that will make a positive change," the family said in a statement. "We need to work together to fix the system that allowed this to happen." The family made a call for police officers across the country to wear body cameras

Re: No Indictment In Michael Brown Shooting by lonelydora: 5:36am On Nov 25, 2014
What is Grand Jury? We don't know it here in Otuoke.
Re: No Indictment In Michael Brown Shooting by INTP(f): 1:58am On Nov 27, 2014
INTP:
@lonelydora Must everything be a joke?
It is indeed worrisome, the days we live in...
@lonelydora Must everything be a joke?

It is indeed worrisome, the days we live in...

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