A court will decide whether the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, is accused. The governor has declared a state of emergency and the National Guard enabled.
demonstrators wait in Clayton, Missouri, on the decision of the local court in the case of Michael Brown, 17/11/2014 | © Jim Young / Reuters
Ferguson in the US state of Missouri, the decision is expected in the case of the murdered teenager Michael Brown. A jury in Clayton, Missouri, will decide whether the white policeman Darren Wilson is charged with the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. The Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard. So you prepare yourself for possible new protests, said officials.
Michael Brown was unarmed when he was shot by the police. Witnesses should have observed, that he had raised his hands before his death. He was hit by at least six bullets. Subsequently, the lifeless body lay for hours on the road before he was taken away.
A day after the death Browns came to the first clashes between citizens and the police. The police used armored vehicles and military equipment, which earned her the reproach of having contributed to a further escalation. The protesters threw in the following days, among other with stones and Molotov cocktails at the police, they responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
The fatal shots had already long reinforced existing tensions between blacks and whites in Ferguson. Two thirds of the population there are blacks, the cops almost all white. The case led to a national debate about racism, especially the police. The US Department of Justice investigation into a police action runs.
Also in August Governor Jay Nixon had declared a state of emergency already and finally activated the National Guard. How many National Guardsmen will be used this time, he did not say. You should “protect life and property” at the request of police, Nixon said. “All people in the region around St. Louis deserve to feel safe in their communities and to raise their voices without fear of violence or intimidation.”
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