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Grand jury indicts police officer in shooting of ex-FAMU player Jonathan Ferrell
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a Charlotte police officer for voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed former Florida A&M football player. The indictment came...
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All you need to know about the Ferguson grand jury
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri grand jury has been hearing evidence for months as it weighs whether to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Michael Brown, which was...
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Gun sales surge ahead of Ferguson’s grand jury decision
FERGUSON, Missouri (AP) — Some suburban St. Louis gun dealers have been doing brisk business, particularly among first-time buyers, as fearful residents await a grand jury’s decision on whether to...
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Officer Darren Wilson “confident” he won’t face charges for shooting Michael...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The suburban St. Louis police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown seems confident that he will not face criminal charges from a grand jury that has been investigating the...
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Third night of unrest in Ferguson ahead of grand jury decision
FERGUSON, MO. — Authorities arrested three protesters during a third straight night of unrest in Ferguson as tensions mount amid speculation that a grand jury could decide soon whether to indict the...
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Uncertainty fuels speculation on Ferguson decision
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The final weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday passed without a grand jury decision on whether to indict a Ferguson police officer, fueling new speculation about the timing as...
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Reports: Ferguson grand jury has reached a decision
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Media outlets citing unidentified sources are reporting that the grand jury considering whether Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson should be charged in the death of Michael...
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Darren Wilson will face no charges in Michael Brown shooting
NO INDICTMENT was today’s decision of the Ferguson grand jury deciding whether or not to criminally charge Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. To the...
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President Obama reacts to grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson
WASHINGTON DC — President Obama made a statement almost immediately following the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney announcing that the grand jury had decided not to indict Ferguson police officer...
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Unrest in Ferguson after no indictment announced
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Officers in armored vehicles lobbed canisters of irritants that made people’s eyes and lungs burn, dispersing crowds in Ferguson after a police car was vandalized, business windows...
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Chaos in Ferguson after grand jury’s no indictment decision
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Chaos returned to the streets of Ferguson after a grand jury declined to indict a white police officer in the death of Michael Brown — a decision that enraged protesters who set...
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Instead of #BlackoutBlackFriday, let’s turn out for Voting Tuesdays
St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced that a grand jury determined that no charges should be filed against Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting death...
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LeBron James, other athletes react to Ferguson decision
Professional athletes around the country took to social media Monday night following a grand jury’s decision to not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown....
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Grand jury nears decision on Eric Garner death
NEW YORK (AP) – Amid the fallout from a grand jury’s decision in the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Missouri, a panel in New York City is quietly nearing its own conclusion about...
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Protests sweeps the nation after Eric Garner grand jury decision
NEW YORK (AP) — The cell phone video of the last moments of Eric Garner’s life was watched millions of times on the Internet, clearly showing a white police officer holding the unarmed black man in a...
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Jon Stewart stumped by Eric Garner decision: ‘I don’t know what to say’
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is known for being able to find the humor in just about anything, but that wasn’t the case yesterday. Stewart began his program yesterday with news of the Staten Island...
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Stevie Wonder gives powerful speech mid-concert on grand juries, guns, and love
Stevie Wonder took a moment during a Seattle concert for his Songs in the Key of Life tour to share his thoughts on recent events. The speech, delivered atop “Living for the City” opening riffs, began...
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George W. Bush on Eric Garner case: Grand jury’s “verdict hard to understand”
Former President George W. Bush weighed in on the Eric Garner case. The nation’s 43rd president seemed confused by the grand jury’s decision not to indict the officer who choked Garner to death.”You...
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SNL spoofs Al Sharpton’s coverage of the Eric Garner case
Saturday Night Live opened up their show last night with a spoof of Rev. Al Sharpton and his coverage of the Eric Garner grand jury decision on his MSNBC show Politics Nation. SNL cast member Kenan...
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A police officer’s open letter to black protesters
Editor’s note: TheGrio was contacted by Officer Sanders of New Mexico, who wanted to share his perspective on the protests sweeping the nation after the grand juries’ decisions in Ferguson and Staten...
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