The Ferguson grand jury verdict, peace or violence?

The Ferguson shooting. Michael brown and Darren Wilson

The dawn of a new era?

The United States is viewed as the land of opportunities where dreams are achieved irrespective of who you are. This is in contrast to the centuries of slavery of the Blackman and continued racism both subtle and flagrant on non Caucasians.

Sadly, instead of the the black community to rise up and deal positively with these racial challenges, most instead resigned themselves to fate, abandoned the raising of their kids to how the system (with policies drawn up by sometimes childless people whose racial prejudice no one knew) dictated how kids should be raised.

Some few years ago in Britain, alarmed by the rate of lawlessness of the youths, the UK government decided to hold parents responsible for the anti social behavior of their kids.

In the US, a state placed a hefty fine for sagging on the streets. These are all talks for another day.

The issue here however is the shooting of an unarmed teenager Michael Brown by a police officer Darren wilson with history of using excessive force whilst on duty.

 Darren and Micheal

The aggregate in the different versions of stories was that Michael brown and a friend were walking back from a store where he was said to have robbed the store of 50 dollars worth of cigarettes when confronted by the police.

This was where the story changed with Darren Wilson the police officer saying Michael attacked him and tried to disarm him before he fatally shot him along with some other officers far away fromj the police car where the supposed attempted disarming took place.

Eye witness accounts said Michael raised his two arms as a sign of surrender but was still shot in cold blood right on the streets and his body there for over 4 hours.

These events caused a riot in Ferguson Missouri which was later quelled amidst other fatalities.

The DA had to convene a grand jury to look at the case and decide if the officer in question was guilty of murder.

Micheal's mum and step dad

As at the time of this post, the grand jury had reached a decision but the announcement delayed most likely due to the expectation of an outbreak of violence even though the governor had declared a state of emergency in Missouri and called in the National Guard days before.

So we wait and watch to have an insight into the American law enforcement system and the legal system.

May brown‘s soul rest in peace.

I will keep you updated and give a better explanation of events later.