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St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley warned residents not to act violently or out of fear when the Missouri grand jury announces their decision on whether to indict a white police officer in the August fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown.
"We are committed to deescalating negative situations in a responsible manner. I do not want people in this community to think they have to barricade their doors, and take up arms. We are not that kind of a community. I do not want people to accidentally shoot or harm someone out of fear," Dooley said.
A Missouri grand jury has made a decision on whether to indict Darren Wilson for a killing that sparked angry protests in the St. Louis suburb, prosecutors said on Monday.
The shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, a resident of a predominantly black city with a white-dominated power structure, has become a flashpoint for strained U.S. race relations. Activists in
St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley warned residents not to act violently or out of fear when the Missouri grand jury announces their decision on whether to indict a white police officer in the August fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown.
"We are committed to deescalating negative situations in a responsible manner. I do not want people in this community to think they have to barricade their doors, and take up arms. We are not that kind of a community. I do not want people to accidentally shoot or harm someone out of fear," Dooley said.
A Missouri grand jury has made a decision on whether to indict Darren Wilson for a killing that sparked angry protests in the St. Louis suburb, prosecutors said on Monday.
The shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, a resident of a predominantly black city with a white-dominated power structure, has become a flashpoint for strained U.S. race relations. Activists in
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