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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING from JUSTICE DEPT: Wilson will not be charged in Brown murder...
Breaking on TV "news", specifically MSNBC.
The U.S. Dept of Justice has just announced that Ferguson, MO police officer Darren Wilson, who has been under investigation since shooting black teen Michael Brown, will not be charged with any crime.
Details emerging...
Link from ABCNews.com: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/justice-dept-charge-ferguson-mo-policeman-darren-wilson-29385116
niyad
(113,510 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)A charge would have been seen as political. Holder didn't want to go there.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)...Ferguson, that is. As far as I am concerned, Michael Brown's civil rights were violated. But, then, who am I with my silly feels and shit?
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Same old thing. Say you're investigating, wait until the outcry dies down, release "no charges" in a favorable news cycle. Sad, but that's the way it works. I hope Michael's family didn't get their hopes up.