“Violence Erupts”

In case anyone didn’t hear, a grand jury has not indicted officer Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, after an incident in August when Brown was fatally shot. 

After intense rioting and violence in response to Officer Wilson not getting punished for the shooting, eruptions of protest had mostly ceased until tonight.  According to a CNN article found here police cars have had windows smashed in, objects were thrown at CNN’s own news crew and even buildings were caught on fire.

According to the prosecution, there was a full and complete investigation into the shooting.  Ballistic proof and a testimony from Officer Wilson himself were key evidence in the Jury’s decision, as it was found Brown did approach Wilson when he was shot and that he may in fact have struck him in the face twice before Wilson took the fatal shot. 

The question now is, when more details of the incident and the jury’s decision are brought to light in the next few days, how will the public respond?  Already, violence has occurred when the decision was announced today.  Also, how will the Missouri court system defend the decision?  These are all questions many people are yearning to know.

Of course, if forensic and ballistic proof is on the side of Officer Wilson and the support the jury’s decision, they should not have difficulty.  However, in light of what happened in the Trayvon Martin case in Florida, the African American community could feel a lack of justice for these two young men.