Ferguson Verdict: "No Probable Cause" – Predictably Street Mobs Let Off Gunshots, Riots Begin
Source: 21stcenturywire.com
A St. Louis County attorney and spokesperson for the prosecution, Bob McCulloch (D), just delivered a live address from Clayton, Missouri on the Grand Jury’s decision on the Officer Wilson vs Michael Brown case. A total of 5 indictment charges were presented to the Grand Jury, and the jury found “no probable cause” on all five charges.
The family of Michael Brown have already stated their “profound disappointment” over the verdict.
See live feed at NBC here
The US Department of Justice, led by Eric Holder, has said it has already launched a separate probe looking at possible civil rights violations that may have taken place.
Flash mobs have been gathering in Ferguson all week and so have law enforcement. Based on the verdict, many are expecting the mobs to react badly, as threats have already been made in advance that burning buildings and violence will be taking place.
Immediately after the verdict was announced, White House press officials announced that President Barack Obama ‘is due to speak about verdict in an hour’. Knowing that politically-charged mobs are already assembled on the the street, one only wonders what the President’s speech writers are preparing. Many critics, including 21WIRE, have pointed out the White House’s incendiary roll in agitating protesters, when on November 5th, the day after US midterm elections, President Barack Obama met with Ferguson ‘activist’ leaders, telling them to, “stay on course”.
Thousands rally across US after Ferguson decision
21WIRE’s editor Patrick Henningsen explained earlier this week, “For this mob assembling in Ferguson, it seems as though anything short of a Grand Jury demanding the electric chair for Darren Wilson will result in the burning of the city, along with plenty of violent, random reprisal attacks…”
Obama took to the podium at 6:10pm EST, stating, “We are nation built on the rule of law, so we need to respect that this was a decision that was the Grand Jury’s decision to make… I join Michael Brown’s parents to ask that anyone protesting this decision to do so peacefully”.
Moderate protester leaders on the streets are calling for calm, encouraging that cooler heads must prevail.
Early reports are that mobs are now throwing bottles, rocks, and projectiles at police, and also breaking windows of cars passing by.
CNN’s Jake Tapper reports that crowds have attempted to overturn a police car. In response, police have fired tear gas to clear the streets, and moved MRAP vehicles into positions just behind main police lines.
A police car burns in Ferguson, Missouri, hours after a grand jury decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson.
Little Caesars on fire in Ferguson
CNN’s Don Lemon reported minutes ago, choking on tear gas, tells of multiple gun shots fired from protesters, as well as “the smell of marijuana in the air”, as he reported live from the streets of Ferguson.
Public storage building on Fire
CNN’s Tapper reports multiple building have been vandalized, with windows already smashed and looted including a local law firm, a Chinese restaurant, and other black-owned businesses. Fire has also broken in one commercial building across the main road where some media are positioned, about 100 meters from the police line.
A woman complains that one protester is downed and may have sustained a heart attack, and that crowds had walked over the person because police were pressing crowds back.
Flash mobs have now descended on Ferguson Market and Liquor, the same store where Michael Brown was scene on CCTV to have stolen Cigarellas and bullied store keepers.
21stcenturywire.com will have more updates ahead
Burning the American flag
Rioters swarmed a liquor store on West Florisant street in Ferguson Monday night in the midst of the protests
