Reports now that Ferguson decision will be made public at 7 C/8 E

[brooklynite]

[CincyDem]

1. Makes sense - let's wait until after sunset...

...so it's a lot harder for the folks with cell phone cameras to record what's really going on there.

I just hope it can be a calm night.

[loyalsister]

3. The tweeters have been able to post pics

Live tweets here...

http://live.reuters.com/Event/us_live_blog

[uppityperson]

13. Family of #MichaelBrown asking for 4.5 mins of silence before protests begin. Body lay on street for

Family of #MichaelBrown asking for 4.5 mins of silence before protests begin. Body lay on street for 4.5 hours. #Ferguson

[longship]

2. Timed perfectly for maximum protests.

One wonders if the KKK will show up in robes. One can only hope.

This should have been timed in the morning. The community is a bit on edge. Now I fear that they are going to just throw a match on the tinder pile.

Bad idea.
Hoping for peace.

[loyalsister]

5. If they had waited until tomorrow morning, I don't see how the protesters would be less angry

I have no clue what the decision is goig to be. I do know that this may be helpful to other venues who are creating sanctuary space and it is allowing people to gather and pray, etc.

[longship]

7. Hopefully there will be peace.

Although as an atheist, I don't know what good praying will do, except for it sometimes being a peaceful enterprise. These days, I am not too sure, but I am willing to give those who pray the benefit of the doubt, at least until they begin inflicting their prayers on others.

Sorry. I don't mean to sidetrack the thread.

[loyalsister]

9. I'm also an atheist

Clergy and churches are heavily involved in this. They are providing supplies and shelter. And, of course spirituality\religion are very important to the black community. REV. Martin Luther King was able to speak a language of peace more effectively than other less affiliated activists.

[Red State Rebel]

11. I think the plan was to wait until school was out and rush hour traffic was over.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. So then what?

What happens next?

At what point ( on the possible charges scale ) do demonstrations take place?

I find this whole thing hard to follow, other than if the cop isn't indicted for something.

[loyalsister]

6. The primary goal is peace

so that no one gets hurt. For that reason all the responses in MO are being handled locally. People are meeting in various places the following day, directly after, etc to decide what kind on actions. There will also be direct action training.
This is the plan regardless of the decision.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. If the cop

is indicted on the maximum charge, what's to protest?

Do protests start if lesser charges are filed?

The whole thing puzzles me.

[RebelOne]

12. I don't think there will be anything to protest,

unless it is from supporters of the cop.

[loyalsister]

14. You don't think that the risk to blacks increases

at least temporarily if the DW supporters are angry? That is why the plans are to be determined. There has not been much talk about what happens in the case of an indictment, but the fact that there is also raises awareness.
Not only that, people are thinking long term. It took 108 days to find out if a man who shot an unarmed teenager will face charges. An indictment does not heal the wounds that this has brought. And don't forget this was not an unusual occurrence. It keeps happening, mostly recently in Cleveland to a 12 yr old.

It's not going to be abandoned until there is real systemic change.

[KingCharlemagne]

10. Thanks for posting and keeping everyone updated. - nt