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27. Or maybe it will be like the 1967 Detroit race riots.

Wed Oct 8, 2014, 06:46 PM

Oct 2014

That sure worked-out well for African-Americans in Detroit . . .

Peaceful protest is, of course, appropriate and will hopefully raise the profile of racial disparities. However, not only would violence and destruction result in damage to minority home and businesses (blacks comprise about 67% of Ferguson and 48% of the City of St. Louis), with little hope for subsequent economic assistance from the state or federal government, but it would justify many who are instinctively supportive of the police or hold racist perceptions.

It's easy to support destruction as an anonymous poster, rather than someone from the actual community who will be left behind when the news and general public focus on the next shiny story.

Nevertheless, if the evidence consists of what we have been lead to believe (and that is no certainty), I believe that a indictment will be issued. I'm less certain of a conviction in either state or federal court.

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'9 white and 3 black jurors'? Rozlee Oct 2014 #1

The story is unsurprising. branford Oct 2014 #2

St. Louis is 49% black, 44% white. OnyxCollie Oct 2014 #6

WRONG...black people are underrepresented on that jury noiretextatique Oct 2014 #7

Your information is incorrect. branford Oct 2014 #9

i didn't know it was the county noiretextatique Oct 2014 #11

Most criminal (and civil) matters are dealt with at the county level branford Oct 2014 #13

Perhaps going to be 8 and 3 sooner rahter than later... Gore1FL Oct 2014 #8

They should ask the Sanford police how they handled the riots csziggy Oct 2014 #3

There was a race riot in Miami in 1980. I remember it well. RebelOne Oct 2014 #16

Riots will be the least of their problems Man from Pickens Oct 2014 #4

And those people Iamthetruth Oct 2014 #14

there is no way strawberries Oct 2014 #5

Sometimes, it takes a riot. n/t Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #10

it takes a riot to raise a neighborhood? snooper2 Oct 2014 #22

Oh those darned out of state agitators. JoeyT Oct 2014 #12

Bingo! Bull Connor would be so proud! n/t RufusTFirefly Oct 2014 #15

For what it's worth: Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #30

They probably need to prepare for more than a riot. Sooner or later people are going to get tired kelliekat44 Oct 2014 #17

My guess is they are going to air on the side of caution and indict him davidpdx Oct 2014 #18

Do you want your riots now or later? XemaSab Oct 2014 #19

I'd rather not have riots davidpdx Oct 2014 #21

We may not have heard of all the evidence that has been or will be submitted to the grand jury. amandabeech Oct 2014 #25

This should be a nation-wide uprising - Delphinus Oct 2014 #20

Too many people are jumping to one side of this issue before the facts are in. PorridgeGun Oct 2014 #23

Give me a break. ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2014 #29

I would advise the people of Ferguson to prepare a local referendum True Blue Door Oct 2014 #24

I guess the authorities are planning on St.L looking like 1968 Warsaw Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #26

Or maybe it will be like the 1967 Detroit race riots. branford Oct 2014 #27

I can see the Fox "News" headlines already tabasco Oct 2014 #28