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Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Violent protests in US after grand jury decides not to indict police man who killed unarmed teen

Thousands of people flooded the streets from L.A. to New York late Monday night after a grand jury decided they were not going to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed 18 year old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, saying that officer Wilson acted 'lawful'.

The jury was of course composed of 12 people; six white men, three white women, two black women and one black man. They met on 25 separate days and heard more than 70 hours of testimony from about 60 witnesses, including three medical examiners and other experts on blood, toxicology and firearms. And decided officer Wilson did nothing wrong by killing a black unarmed teen, shot 6 times

After the announcement, protesters flooded the streets burning cars, setting buildings on fire, torching police cars, looting shops, flooding highways and causing massive chaos especially in St. Louis and Oakland, California. See some photos after the cut...


108 comments:

  1. An act of injustice is everywhere in d world..hmconcept2000@gmail.com

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  2. An act of injustice is everywhere in d world..hmconcept2000@gmail.com

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  3. And someone will say there's no racism in America.

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  4. Thats Injustice...

    Linda am still on top oooo

    petarken@gmail.com

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  5. Racism every where...

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  6. Racism is still alive n breathing in the US

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  7. One Word - RACISM.

    It is so sad.

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  8. Yipee..... This is wat I call fighting for justice..... Assuming say Na Nigeria, na to cum social media dey talk instead of causing riot...... Anywayz nobody wan die Sha....

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  9. Awemuyne@yahoo.co.uk

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  10. 1St to comment!.fullyyy in support but dey destroyed so many tins o..jst bcos d guy is black mtcheew iyanufemi2@gmail.com

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  11. Na wa ooo.
    Another round of rioting?

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  12. Awemuyne@yahoo.co.uk

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  13. This is what they call real people, not we Nigerian cows

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    1. Ewu don't generalise.....I no u were born a big Cow...ehi gambia

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  14. Awemuyne@yahoo.co.uk

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  15. Linda pls help wit a waist cincher. Thanks. funmicare55@gmail.com

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  16. Jst torchin police cars? Asin? iyanufemi2@gmail.com

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  17. What a shame........Can racism ever stop....Bad judgement Jurists

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  18. Truly justice is no where close to this Earth anymore........... Nothing works right anymore! RIP michael

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  19. So dis mago mago dey even in US? Dats not fair...😥😠

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  20. Awemuyne@yahoo.co.uk..........................Awemuyne@yahoo.co.uk

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  21. o ma ga ooo
    this world is sure closing up
    God help oooo
    ok na
    na me 1st comment oooo
    I know ooooo
    mayoba007@gmail.com

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  22. This is serious
    There are so many ways to protest than Violent/ damage of properties.
    They fight for justice but the measure is too extreme & ethical

    #Commenting thru Glo 4G LTE

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  23. That man never really came out to tell the world what happened that day. Nigeria be freeing a terrorist, US be freeing a teenage killer. This are the ppl we vote into power. Youths you have the power to change this society. When it's time to vote take your voters card go out and vote. Don't stay at home and say who will win will win. This has been for too long. Create small political groups in your neighbourhood, choose your leade, or support a good aspirant, cast your vote and defend it. Don't let your vision, dreams and future be dwindled by cheap false money. A leader that is not capable of changing your society doesn't deserve to lead you. Change must come and the youth involvement in electoral issues has a part in this too.

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  24. But linda I think say this case done end? CHI.

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  25. so sad, it hurt to lose a loved ones.

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  26. God will surely punish dat police man....rosepowell0@gmail.com

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  27. retard racist.....white folks cn b stupid at times

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  28. What will dey solve wif dis aloysiusegechi@gmail.com

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  29. But why is the law like dis? It's kinda bias to me. Relatin it to d Nyanya bomb suspect dat was set free ystday.

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  30. Na wao 4 all dis white people oo make God save us all...olubukola daniels aka blackmamba...

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  31. Amiableonwenu@yahoo.com

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  32. Amiableonwenu@yahoo.com...aunty linda post am ooooo

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  33. This is really bad. This will give more room for the whites to keep acting 'lawful'. Very sad indeed. Hmm, that police officer had better be transfered cos he will certainly be killed in no distant time. Blacks don't forget such things.

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  34. Lets look at some critical points of this case:
    A white police officer short an 18 years old black boy.
    There were testimonies from about 5 witnesses that the shooting is uncalled for because the 18years old boy actually raised his two hands up in total surrender to the law officer.
    Jury were set up to determined if the police officer that killed the unarmed boy with nothing less than 6 gun short should be indicted?
    There were insinuations that the dreaded KKK cult (a white race cult group) were on the alert to make use of the event that might result from any form of riot in the community to kill as many black people as possible.
    The residents of the community where the killing took place were demonstrating peacefully carrying placards that read No justice No peace.
    The composition of the jury is made up of 3 blacks and 9 whites.
    And now the outcome is that officer Wilson the killer of the 18years unarmed black boy is not indicted so he is free!
    The governor of the state and some other officials were warning the people of the community not to dare emback on any form of riot because they are fully ready to crush any uprising that might come up.
    IS THERE ANY JUSTICE IN INJUSTICE?
    Lets play it back the other way round this way What will happen if;
    The policeman is a black man and the 18 years unarmed boy that was killed is a white boy.
    What if the composition of the jury remain the same i.e 9 white people and 3 black people?
    What do you think will be the outcome of the jury's verdict?
    ls better imagined!
    Is there any fairness in the judicial system of America?
    Somebody should tell me!
    Is the evil acts of racisms eradicated or redefined?
    But why Blacks are made to be subjects and victims of ridicule, oppression, inhuman treatments, anihilations, prejudice and racisms.
    We all have bloods flowing in our veins and nobody is created superior to others by God. We are all equal before God.
    This is too sad that this is happening in the present day America 'the acclaimed land of freedom for all'
    lt is too unfortunates that the land where the sweat and bloods of many fore fathers of the African American people were sacrificed to build the fortune of American nation is the same land where the bloods of the blacks are being sacrifice in the modern day due to gross injustice.

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  35. torching police cars, looting shops, flooding highways and causing massive chaos especially in
    Wtf!see man caught having sex with his dog. – see leaked pic and video!

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  36. Will I call this racism or what!! Na wa ooo

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  37. Let God be the judge Wat can I say

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  38. a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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    Atlist they should have imprisoned the police officer for atlist two yrs to avoid all this violence.... May his soul R.I.P.....
    *GLO BRING 3G TO KONTAGORA*
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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  39. Though we cnt b blamed 4 d animosity dey r only reacting to 400 yrs of conscious racism of whites aloysiusegechi@gmail.com

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  40. wots happening these days eh.smh

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  41. Lol I trust we blacks we no dey last for stuffs like dis

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  42. what is these world turning into.smh

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  43. Dis is all messedup.smethin has to be done about this unlawful killing of blacks.the boy was unarmed for christ sake.RIP Micheal Brown.Slim

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  44. Hahaha! That's it my guys! This reminds me of a movie (THE PURGE: ANARCHY) *thumbs up*

    We need this in Nigeria come January, 2015 as soon as the Petrol Price increases! *Ndi Ara* (UDO)

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    1. Listen please. Your country is going bankrupt. You spend trillions pouring money into marketers hands in the name of subsidy that never happens. The price of petrol at worst gets to 150 and after six months will drop. Do you buy kerosine for 50naira even though its subsided? Research learn the facts before joining a senseless campaign please.

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    2. Burn everywhere. And Nigerians sat down @ home after a terrorist was set free yesterday...

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    3. Thats my guy(1guy alone).those are my guys(2 or more) or strictly pidgin*na my guys b dat*iyanufemi2@gmail.com

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    4. My first time commenting on here but just can't keep quiet, this is one too many @anon10:19 when all some of you do is critic people's write up. Remove the log in your eyes first....ChiboyChuks wrote "That's it my guys" meaning that is it my guys.....stop the useless criticism

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  45. Swthrt, Linda, u don't '..kill a black unnarmed teen 6 times' ; maybe ' shooting a black unarmed teen 6times' is what you should write.

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  46. Too bad...racism in the US is just gettin too much

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  47. C y I dislike blacks abroad, if na Italians, they go allow d judgement slide for some months and den do quiet jungle justice, kill d white man's family while keep him alive, kill d judge family and live d judge, find 1 or members of d grand jury family and murder!!!! Is better to send them to d ocen than all dis rubbish, na so they dey kill blacks like chicken na so so protest no action. Hisssss, make mistake kill a sisilan or mafia Mexican and c d outcome. Blacks re 2 dull Abeg

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  48. good of them...


    #GodblessNigeria

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  49. Racism can never be erased! the sooner the Africa Americans realize they are always gonna be judged by the color of their skin, the better for them. may God help us all

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    1. Idiots like you are why naija is still like this, if your forefathers didn't fight for their rights you would have been a slave and you wouldn't even be allowed access to d internet

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  50. serves dem right..doosh bags!

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  51. the police man should be punished...pedrotoki80@Yahoo.com

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  52. Its so sad dat white stil have dat hatred for blacks

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  53. C y I dislike blacks abroad, if na Italians, they go allow d judgement slide for some months and den do quiet jungle justice, kill d white man's family while keep him alive, kill d judge family and live d judge, find 1 or members of d grand jury family and murder!!!! Is better to send them to d ocen than all dis rubbish, na so they dey kill blacks like chicken na so so protest no action. Hisssss, make mistake kill a sisilan or mafia Mexican and c d outcome. Blacks re 2 dull Abeg

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  54. Violence is never the answer

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  55. Dey no sabi anyfn! Na Africans dem dy joke wif* thumbs up*

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  56. This is purely injustice and racism.

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  57. They needed 9votes not to prosecute and there were ever so conveniently 9 white people.

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  58. Everytime there's a black person involved people start getting sentimental.

    Linda so the police officer killed Michael Brown 6 times? Please what breed of cat is the Michael Brown dude?

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  59. AND Y WONT THE WHITE FEEL THEY ARE BETTER WHEN WHAT THE BLACKS EXHIBIT ARE JUST ACT OF VIOLENCE AND CRIMINALITY. IMAGINE BURNING AND EVEN LOOTING THEIR FELLOW BLACK BROTHERS SHOP ALL IN THE NAME OF PROTEST.

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  60. Racism at the highest order....what rubbish

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  61. A friend of mine was in a car where he was in a car of five individuals, he was the only black guy. The police stopped the car and notice that everyone in the car did not have seat belts on, he issued tickets to everybody in the car, the white guys got a ticket for $80 and the black guy got a ticket for $400 dollars..This happened in Toronto, Canada....He took the police officer to court and got the ticket reverted to $60, however the court turned a blind eye to the racist act.

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  62. Linda, check thy paragraph two. Did you say officer Brown?

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  63. yes,people should rise against injustice no matter who is involved.

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  64. This is good, they should have at least killed 2 to 3 white police men. Bastards!

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  65. This black people make me sick. Why won't they continue to be treated like goats? Pple forget that two wrongs cannot make a right... U go arnd destroying public infrastructure and looting shops and say that u are protesting? Will this change anything? Will it bring back the dead boy or overturn the current decision made by the judges? Honestly this is sickening!

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  66. That's not a fair judgement at all. They should destroy more things

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  67. White should stop racism its very bad of them, becos we re all created by one God. Nd we re using one blood dat is it. Bobbyferafavorirabo@gmail.com

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  68. White should stop racism its very bad of them, becos we re all created by one God. Nd we re using one blood dat is it.

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  69. i love America, all these for 1 citizen..if na Nigeria Mike Brown would have been a past story

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  70. Killed 6 times?

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  71. I Love you guys, togetherness with one mind everything is possible. Fuck Racism Fuck white American.

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  72. Chai my igbo brothers wey dey Yankee go hammer wella dis december.

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  73. Its sad situation, there is no justice in this world

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  74. @Zeme, your comment can't be more true! It's a painful acceptance we have to make. No matter how wealthy, influencial or educated a black person is, the whites perception of him/her can't be changed. The best an enlighted White can do is tolerate...that is why I feel sorry for the way and manner most blacks "idolise" them!

    BrendaN

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  75. The end is nigh! All these point to doomsday! Black people should act peaceful, acting out isn't gonna win them any sympathy, anyway that jury doesn't look balanced to me!

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  76. Now that's the shiiit am talkn abt, its hyh time we youth stand up and fight for the killings in nigeria, cos the sooo called leaders are not even taking this issue serious rather the next coming election in 2015, (andrewchuks10@gmail.com)

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  77. JUST 2 BLACKS IN A GRAND JURY DAT SHOWS LEVEL OF RACISM EVEN IN THE COURT OF LAW.

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  78. Even a child knows that the officer should have been indicted for killing an unarmed teen. Highest racist verdict ever given

    LAURA20GSIT@YAHOO.CA
    4LIBGIVEAWAY

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  79. Life sha .....bilikis.abdulazeez@aun.edu.ng

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  80. May his soul RIP Amen violence is not the way out God will Judge d right way

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  81. So enraging. Mike Brown could have been kin to any one of us. Being black was his only crime.

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  82. racism is in everyman!! dont we in naija discriminate btw our own ibos yoruba or hausa??? we always make it sound like the white guys are our problem, but honestly we blacks are the problem of ourselves. why would a supposedly peaceful demonstration turn violent and even lead to looting, isnt that a form of criminality. the American system of justice works in a particular pattern(watch d movie law abiding citizen u will knw wat am talking about) and i belive both the white and black americans instituted it so they should deal with it and stop advocating for sympathy from others.

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  83. chi_zoba2006@yahoo.com

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  84. This serious o. Govt shld find solution to stop this violence b4 it goes out of hand.

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  85. Tragedy chimmynene@yahoo.com

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  86. Nd dey say dia is Justice in America..bloody racists evrywea menh,dis jst spoilt ma day.

    ~@iamjbankz SA to President Jonathan 2015~

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