For three months a St. Louis County grand jury has looked at the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by suburban Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. For more than an hour, CNN has trumpeted its “Breaking News” banner, with its anchors saying that an announcement was imminent as to the decision of that grand jury. One correspondent says an announcement may come in two hours while Wolf Blitzer says a statement by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon will say something to the media at any time.
When? For God’s sake. All the delay does is just heighten the tension.
A message on my phone by CNN says that the decision will be announced at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
On the other hand, this case is both explosive and tiring. It’s all about race. All the time. I’m sorry. So many feel they have the moral high ground when it comes to a race, specifically, their race. Red and yellow, black and white.
“Mostly say hooray for our side,” as Stephen Stills wrote in the 1967 Buffalo Springfield protest song, “For What It’s Worth.” Despite the song’s timeliness, it was written about the response from youth to a Los Angeles city edict that restricted activity at a complaint-ridden club which young people saw as a civil rights infringement.
Gov. Jay Nixon, the Democratic governor of Missouri, is now speaking to the media on how the police and National Guard are preparing for the announcement on the grand jury report.
The governor called for “Peace, respect and restraint.”
“The world will be watching us,” said St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, at the news conference about the upcoming announcement.
More than two hours since I started watching, waiting to find out the Ferguson grand jury details, this continues.
Holy smokes, a big show before the big show.
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