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Supreme court agrees to hear two cases involving mortgage liens
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The US Supreme Court [official website] on Monday granted certiorari [order list, PDF] in two bankruptcy cases on appeal from the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [official website], consolidating them for one hour of oral argument. The two cases, Bank of America, NA v. Caulkett and Bank of America, NA v. Toledo-Cardona [SCOTUSBlog backgrounders], both involve mortgage liens and Section 506(d) of the Bankruptcy Code [text], and both seek the court's answer to the same question: "Whether a chapter 7 debtor may 'strip off'—that is, void—a valid junior lien on the debtor's house when the debt owed to a senior lienholder exceeds the house's current value." The cases present a circuit split between the Eleventh Circuit's decision, which has held that a debtor may strip off such a junior lien, and decisions from the Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits.
The Supreme Court ruled in several bankruptcy cases last term. In June the court ruled [JURIST report] unanimously in Clark v. Rameker [SCOTUSblog backgrounder] that funds held in inherited individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are not "retirement funds" for bankruptcy purposes. In the same week the court held [JURIST report] that when a bankruptcy court lacks jurisdiction to enter a final judgment, the bankruptcy court can still issue proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law to be reviewed de novo by the district court. In March the court ruled [JURIST report] that a bankruptcy court improperly exceeded its authority by ordering legally exempt funds to be used to pay attorney's costs.
Ferguson shooting evidence released following grand jury decision
/A grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, decided Monday not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in August. St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch [official website] released documents and evidence [NYT materials] that were presented to the grand jury, including jury transcripts, witness interviews, forensic reports and photographs. As protesters take to the street in response to the grand jury decision, Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] urged Missouri law enforcement not to resort to excessive force [press release]. Commenting on the grand jury decision, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri [advocacy website] issued a statement [ACLU press release]:
The grand jury's decision does not negate the fact that Michael Brown's tragic death is part of an alarming national trend of officers using excessive force against people of color, often during routine encounters. Yet in most cases, the officers and police departments are not held accountable. While many officers carry out their jobs with respect for the communities they serve, we must confront the profound disconnect and disrespect that many communities of color experience with their local law enforcement.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein also commented on the "disproportionate number of young African Americans who die in encounters with police officers." He urged [press release] authorities to examine how race-related issues are affecting law enforcement and the administration of justice at both state and federal levels.
The death of Michael Brown [USA Today report], an African American teenager, has prompted mass protests as many Ferguson residents believe the killing was racially motivated. Last month AI reported that police in Ferguson committed human rights abuses [JURIST report] against peaceful protestors. Earlier in October a federal judge ruled that a tactic employed by police to control protestors in Ferguson in August was unconstitutional and issued a preliminary injunction [JURIST report]. In late August five people brought a lawsuit against the city of Ferguson [JURIST report] for the use of unnecessary and unwarranted force by St. Louis County Police and Ferguson Police.
The UN Committee Against Torture urges US to investigate police brutality
/The UN Committee Against Torture [official website] has urged the US [report, PDF] to begin prompt, impartial investigations into all cases of police brutality and excessive use of force by police officers, and to limit the use of electrical discharge weapons. The committee expressed concern over the use of force against people of "certain racial and ethnic groups, immigrants and LGBT individuals, racial profiling by police and immigration offices and growing militarization of policing activities," especially in Chicago, where according to the committee, there have been reports that the Chicago Police Department [official website] has harassed, racially profiled and used excessive force on African-American and Latino youths. In particular, the report "expresses its deep concern at the frequent and recurrent police shootings or fatal pursuits of unarmed black individuals." The committee also suggested prosecuting all individuals suspected of torture or excessive force and to remedy the victims. Additionally, the report criticized the use of tasers on unarmed individuals for fleeing minor crime scenes, resisting arrest and even on minors. The committee urged the US to limit the use of these weapons to situations where there exists a risk of serious bodily harm or death, and to prohibit their use against children and pregnant women. Other topics examined by the committee's report on the US include counter-terrorism measures, alleged tortures overseas, interrogation techniques, immigrant detention and solitary confinement.
The report, which was based on conclusions adopted last week by the committee, was published just days after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri decided not to return an indictment [JURIST report] against police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in August. Police in Ferguson have since received much criticism for force of use and alleged human rights abuses. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy websites] issued reports [JURIST report] in August alleging the use of police force and intimidation tactics to dispel largely nonviolent protesters threatens constitutional freedoms. Last month AI further reported that police in Ferguson, Missouri committed human rights abuses [JURIST report] against peaceful protesters. Five people brought a lawsuit [JURIST report] in August against the city of Ferguson, Missouri and several officials for the use of unnecessary and unwarranted force by St. Louis County Police and Ferguson Police against demonstrators.
Kobe Bryant on Ferguson: "The System Enables Young Black Men to Be Killed Behind the Mask of Law"
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Kobe Bryant joined the many voices in sports speaking about the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, where on Monday a grand jury declined to indict Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. On Tuesday Bryant, after practice, called for changes in the legal system and the standards for law enforcement officials.
“You can sit here and argue about it until we’re blue in the face and protest about it,” Bryant said following practice on Tuesday at the Lakers’ practice facility in El Segundo. “Until the legal system, we have a serious legal system conversation, it’s going to keep on happening.”
He added that he thought there needed to be more accountability for law enforcement officials.
Again from the Daily News:
“What’s justifiable? What calls for legal action and what qualifies as the threshold in being able to use deadly force in that situation?” Bryant asked rhetorically. “Those are higher conversations that need to be had.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Bryant tweeted the above response to the grand jury’s decision, which set off riots and protests in Ferguson as well as protests around the country.
Genocide and America’s Thanksgiving Myth
/The Defining and Enabling Experience of Our “Civilization”
As we again plan to celebrate what US “Americans”call Thanksgiving, let us pause for a moment of reflection. Let us recognize that accounts of the first Thanksgiving are mythological, and that the holiday is actually a grotesque celebration of our arrogant ethnocentrism built on genocide.
Native Americans in the Caribbean greeted their 1492 European invaders with warm hospitality. They were so innocent that Genoan Cristoforo Colombo wrote in his log, They willingly traded everything they owned . . . They do not bear arms . . . They would make fine servants . . . They could easily be made Christians . . . With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want. This meeting set in motion a 500+-year plunder of the Western Hemisphere, which then spread to the remainder of the globe. And it has not stopped!
Historian Hans Köning concludes that what sets the West apart is its persistence, its capacity tostop at nothing. Cultural historian Lewis Mumford declared, Wherever Western man went, slavery, land robbery, lawlessness, culture-wrecking, and the outright extermination of both wild beasts and tame men went with him.
Jump 129 years to 1621, year of the supposed “first Thanksgiving.” There is not much documentation of that event, apparently a three-day feast, but surviving Indians do not trust the myth. Natives were already dying like flies thanks to European-borne diseases. The Pequot tribe in today’s Connecticut reportedly numbered 8,000 when the Pilgrims arrived, but disease had reduced their population to 1,500 by 1637, when the first, officially proclaimed, all-Pilgrim “Thanksgiving” took place. At that feast, the whites of New England celebrated their massacre of the Pequots in the Connecticut Valley where the Mystic River meets the sea. The Indians were in fact celebrating their annual green corn dance ceremony. But it was to be their last.
William Bradford, the former Governor of Plymouth and one of the chroniclers of the supposed 1621 feast, was on hand for the unspeakable massacre of 1637. He described it thus in his History of the Plymouth Plantation(@1647): Those that escaped the fire were slain with the sword; some hewed to pieces, others run through with their rapiers, so that they were quickly dispatched and very few escaped. It was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire…horrible was the stink and scent thereof, but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and they gave praise thereof to God, who had wrought so wonderfully for them, thus to enclose their enemies in their hands, and give them so speedy a victory.
The rest of the white folks thought so, too. This day forth shall be a day of celebration and thanksgiving for subduing the Pequots, read Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop’s proclamation. The authentic proclaimed Thanksgiving Day was born. Few Pequots survived.
The English commander John Mason declared that the attack against the Pequot was the act of a God who “laughed his Enemies and the Enemies of his People to scorn making [the Pequot] as a fiery Oven . . . Thus did the Lord judge among the Heathen, filling [Mystic] with dead Bodies.” The Narragansett and Mohegan warriors with the English were horrified by the actions and “manner of the Englishmen’s fight . . . because it is too furious, and slays too many men.” The Narragansett returned home and no longer participated in the war. This image is courtesy of forquignon.com.
Most historians believe about 700 Pequots were slaughtered at Mystic. Many prisoners were executed, and surviving women and children sold into slavery in the West Indies. Pequot prisoners that escaped execution were parceled out to Indian tribes allied with the English. The Pequot were thought to have been extinguished as a people.
But, the epitaph was premature. Enough survived such that today the Pequots own the Foxwood Casino and Hotel, in Ledyard, Connecticut, larger in size than the Pentagon, with gaming revenues in the billions. [MORE]
How Police Unions Stopped Congress From 'Militarization' Reform
/Kentucky Senator Rand Paul took his time responding to Monday's events in Ferguson, Missouri. After the grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, Paul's office politely rebuffed requests for an immediate reaction. He concentrated on an op-ed, published in Time magazine.
"I will continue to fight to end the racial disparities in drug sentencing," wrote Paul. "I will continue to fight lengthy, mandatory sentences that prevent judges from using discretion. I will continue to fight to restore voting rights for non-violent felons who’ve served their sentences... I will continue the fight to reform our nation’s criminal justice system."
Not mentioned, apart from an aside about an infamous case of police misconduct in Georgia, was the subject of Paul's first Ferguson op-ed, also published in Time. "We must demilitarize the police," wrote Paul in August, as he listed the ways that local police departments obtained and misused surplus military equipment. "The militarization of our law enforcement is due to an unprecedented expansion of government power in this realm. It is one thing for federal officials to work in conjunction with local authorities to reduce or solve crime. It is quite another for them to subsidize it."
Three months later, as Evan McMorris-Santoro reports, the anti-"militarization" is nowhere. Even by Washington's amnesiac standards, the efforts to reform the 1033 program that makes military gear available to police departments faded absurdly fast. An Aug. 31 Politico story reported on lawmakers' optimism that Ferguson "actually will lead to some policy changes." One week later, Politico published a report about how "substantive action on the federal level is an uphill battle," and that lobbyists for the cops were likely to save the military gear program.
So they did. While the National Sheriffs Association declined comment, the Fraternal Order of Police made executive director Jim Pasco available to talk about how the skeptics—like Paul—were defeated.
"Nothing much has happened except that some members of Congress had kneejerk reactions to the optics of Ferguson or the rhetoric of Ferguson," said Pasco. "They thought there was something problematic about the equipment they saw on the streets. In the intervening period, some of them have come to see that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It’s not what the equipment looks like, it’s what its utility is."
According to Pasco, FOP members reached out to "maybe 80 percent of senators and half the House." Since militarization was at the greatest risk in the Democratic Senate, the disparity made sense. As McMorris-Santoro reported, the departing Senate's blockade on Republican amendments made it impossible for Paul to attach anything to a passable bill. And the clock's basically run out for reform. A new Congress is coming in, but the FOP doesn't see it as particularly likely to dismantle 1033.
"I'm not, for example, optimistic about Rand Paul or whasisname from Georgia—Rep. Hank Johnson, the real scholar," said Pasco. (Johnson, a Democrat from the Atlanta area, infamously asked a witness in the House Armed Services Committee if the island of Guam might one day capsize.) "We wouldn’t be talking about Ferguson if it wasn’t for the fact that a white police officer shot a young black man, but a lot of people didn’t want to jump on that specifically. They jumped on this militarization issue because it made them look like being in the mix on Ferguson without being in the mix on Ferguson. Rather than be proponents of good public policy, they were practicing that tactic of political opportunism."
In week before Ferguson verdict, 12 killed by law enforcement across US
/While much of the nation’s attention is focused on the aftermath of a grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, the United States has witnessed police-involved violence resulting in the shooting deaths of at least 12 people across the country in just the last week.
The Cleveland police shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir E. Rice on Nov. 23 sparked outrage and national attention after it appeared that the child was shot after brandishing a BB gun. While in New York City, the accidental shooting death of Akai Gurley, 28, by an NYPD officer patrolling a stairwell in a Brooklyn public housing unit has also provoked public indignation.
Other police-involved shooting deaths from Monday, Nov. 17 to Sunday, Nov. 23 occurred in California, Arizona, Florida, New Jersey and Utah. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, more people have died in Utah due to police shootings in the last five years than violent deaths at the hands of gang members and drug dealers.
The FBI does not release annual data on how many Americans are killed by law enforcement officers — information that activists who mobilized after the Ferguson shooting in August have demanded of the Obama administration.
Although Al Jazeera identified 12 incidents of deadly police force over the span of seven days, the number of actual incidents may be higher. Killed By Police, a Facebook page that posts links to news reports of homicides by law enforcement, found 23 incidents during the same timeframe.
But even that number seems low, says D. Brian Burghart, editor of Reno News & Review, who founded Fatal Encounters, a project compiling comprehensive and searchable national data of people killed by law enforcement officials.
The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), official national crime data complied annually by the FBI, indicates that there were 461 total deaths at the hands of law enforcement in 2013, the most recently published year. But Burghart told Al Jazeera that after scanning local government agencies and media reports the number of police-related fatalities was “closer to about 1,400 a year,” with at least 9,000 from 2000 to 2014.
Over 18,000 law enforcement agencies — including city, county, state and federal law enforcement departments — voluntarily participate in sharing crime data with the FBI. However, only 750 of those agencies contribute to UCR’s data on law enforcement-related incidents, leaving a gap in the fatalities reported by UCR versus the actual number of incidents.
Samuel Walker, a professor of criminal justice at the University of Nebraska and author of In Defense of American Liberties, told Al Jazeera that the problem of reporting police-cause fatalities remains "the failure of the FBI and the Justice Department to insist that all agencies report this data."
"Officers assaulted and killed by citizens — well they're very eager to collect and report that data, but they don't report the other side of the equation," said Walker.
The U.K's Solution to Police Brutality Is Something the U.S. Would Never Consider
/Fact: Police officers in America keep shooting — and killing — unarmed (and largely innocent) black men.
Nearly every 28 hours the police shoot and kill an unarmed person, usually a black male (man, teenager or child), and they're doing so without repercussion. This has resulted in myriad calls to "demilitarize the police," but no one has stated the obvious. To "demilitarize the police," and to find a solution to police brutality, there is one clear solution: Disarm the police.
This isn't a new idea, yet Americans, especially American politicians, willingly avoid having this specific conversation.
In 2012, 409 out of 410 "justifiable" killings by American police were caused by guns. Conversely, that year in the U.K., there was just one fatality. And in 2013, the Economist reports, "British police officers actually fired their weapons three times. The number of people fatally shot was zero."
The difference? American police carry guns. The police patrolling Britain, Scotland and Wales don't.
Indeed, only roughly 5% of police in the U.K. are even authorized to carry guns. This nearly 200-year-old tradition was born of the mandate of the police to function as servants of the public rather than to the state. "In terms of the police being approachable, in terms of the public being the eyes and ears of the police, officers don't want to lose that," former police deputy assistant commissioner Brian Paddick said in an interview with the BBC.
Meanwhile, Japan has cut its firearm homicide rate to the low double and sometimes single digits due to restrictive gun laws. Japan's police force does carry guns, but only after submitting to a rigorous training process. [MORE]
Civil Suit Claims Black Man was Targeted and Killed after Unnecessary Deadly Car Chase by Saratoga Springs Cops
/The mother of Darryl Mount Jr., the 22-year-old African-American man who died from injuries suffered during a police chase in 2013, is suing city police, alleging her son's race may have played a part in the events that led to his death.
Patty Jackson, the administrator of her son's estate, argued in court papers filed Nov. 24 that police chased her son "without just cause" and used excessive force on Aug. 31, 2013.
"The decedent's ethnicity may have contributed to the actions of the police officers," the suit stated. Mount was black.
Mayor Joanne Yepsen could not be immediately reached for comment.
According to police, on the morning of the incident, Mount, who lived in Malta, fell 20 feet from scaffolding in an alley along Broadway. Police said he was attempting to run away from officers who said they saw him push a woman into a wall at about 3 a.m. on Caroline Street in the Spa City's bar district.
Social media posts quickly accused police of assaulting Mount. His family has continually alleged Mount's injuries were because of the officers' reckless pursuit of him. And they called for an independent investigation of the incident. The city's internal inquiry cleared officers of any wrongdoing.
Mount, who was bedridden for months with serious head and facial injuries, died from his injuries May 13. The suit said he was in a coma.
"The injuries sustained by (Mount) were the direct result of excessive force by the police officers who were acting as employees of the defendant and within the course of their employment," stated the lawsuit. "The actions of the police officers were reckless, abusive and constituted an excessive use of force and were an assault on the person of the decedent."
It said Mount's suffering includes medical expenses, pain and physical and emotional trauma resulting in his death.
In September, the family's attorney, Robert Katzman, blasted the death certificate that said Mount "fell from scaffold while evading police."
The lawyer said: "It is beyond belief. The police don't even have proof he fell from scaffolding. How can you put that on a death certificate when you don't know that?"
At a news conference in August, public safety officials released a statement saying: "Despite unsubstantiated claims that have been made publicly that police officers assaulted Mr. Mount ... no witness (has) ever come forward to report that they saw any officer engaged in any form of abuse or misconduct during the night of August 31, 2103."
Police have released photos of video stills and video from surveillance cameras that captured part of the deadly incident, in addition to redacted copies of case reports, witness statements and radio transmissions.
7 Ferguson protesters arrested at Macy's Thanksgiving parade
/A handful of individuals protesting the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Mo. were arrested on Thursday after allegedly attempting to disrupt the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, according to local news reports.
New York’s WPIX-TV reports that the New York Police Department confirmed that seven people were arrested as they broke from the designated march route for protesters upset with the recent grand jury decision not to charge police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown.
Shortly after midnight on Thursday, The New York Post reported plans of demonstrators to foment unrest at the popular Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.
Activists took to the twitterverse on Wednesday with the hashtag #stoptheparade to rally protesters to the popular parade, which started at 9:00 a.m.
Over the course of Thanksgiving morning, #stoptheparade trended on the social media platform Twitter, with user reports that police arrested and dispersed demonstrators al
Rep. Marcia Fudge “This decision seems to underscore an unwritten rule that Black lives hold no value; that you may kill Black men in this country without consequences or repercussions,”
/From [HERE] Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Monday called the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson a “slap in the face” for those seeking justice for the death of Michael Brown.
“The Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown is a miscarriage of justice,” CBC Chair Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) said in a statement released after the decision was announced late Monday evening in Missouri. “It is a slap in the face to Americans nationwide who continue to hope and believe that justice will prevail.”
“This decision seems to underscore an unwritten rule that Black lives hold no value; that you may kill Black men in this country without consequences or repercussions,” Fudge’s statement continued. “This is a frightening narrative for every parent and guardian of Black and brown children, and another setback for race relations in America.”
After months of deliberation, St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Robert McCulloch announced that a grand jury had reached a decision not to indict Wilson on criminal charges. Wilson shot and killed the unarmed teenager Aug. 9 in a confrontation on the streets of Ferguson.
(Also on POLITICO: Ferguson: Obama urges 'care and restraint')
The American Civil Liberties Union issued a statement on Monday night saying that it will “continue to fight for racial justice.”
“We must end the prevailing policing paradigm where police departments are more like occupying forces, imposing their will to control communities,” the statement read.
Once the decision not to indict was announced, Ferguson again became engulfed in unrest. The Associated Press reports dozens of businesses were set ablaze and authorities said they heard hundreds of gunshots. Dozens of people were arrested.
Rep. John Lewis, known for his role in the civil rights movement, took to Twitter shortly after McCulloch finished his statement.
“I know this [is] hard. I know this is difficult. Do not succumb to the temptations of violence. There is a more powerful way,” the Georgia Democrat tweeted.
Another of his tweets read, “Only love can overcome hate. Only nonviolence can overcome violence.”
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) also likened the events in Ferguson to the civil rights movement, urging protesters in a statement to march peacefully “just as we did” during the ’50s and ’60s.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) was quick to put out a statement and said he is “disappointed” in the decision, but that he is looking to the Department of Justice to continue to investigate the case.
“While I understand the emotions that have brought protestors into the streets, our goal now should be preventing cases like this one from ever happening again by encouraging dialogue with the police forces sworn to protect our communities and transforming the practices and culture that led to the shooting,” Cummings said in a statement.
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) echoed Cummings’ disappointment, tweeting she is also “disappointed in the lack of #Justice4MikeBrown. We must demand change & work to end racial & structural bias in a peaceful manner.”
Prominent political figures in Missouri also weighed in.
Gov. Jay Nixon said: “I urge all those voicing their opinions regarding the grand jury’s decision to do so peacefully. I also urge everyone to continue working to make positive changes that will yield long-term social, economic and spiritual benefits for all our communities.”
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said in a statement that she expects people to be disappointed, but that she hopes the DOJ will “continue working together for solutions to systematic issues highlighted by this tragedy.”
Over a series of 11 tweets sent after the decision was announced, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) told protesters, “We hear you.”
“We have not merely witnessed the effects of a warped sense of law & order, enforced with unbridled & unpredictable power. We wear the scars,” one tweet read.
Businesses to receive incentive for hiring undocumented immigrants, report says
/Businesses reportedly will have a $3,000-per-employee incentive to hire illegal immigrants over native-born workers under President Obama's sweeping action on illegal immigration. Because of a kink in ObamaCare, businesses will not face a penalty for not providing illegal immigrants health care, The Washington Times reports. Illegal immigrants are ineligible for public benefits such as buying insurance on ObamaCare’s health exchanges. Congressional aides condemned the loophole saying it puts illegal immigrants ahead of Americans in the job hunt.
Protesters target Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
/Demonstrators in New York who have been protesting the grand jury decision in Ferguson this week are plotting a revolt against the Thanksgiving Day Parade to 'make people stop and listen' and 'make history'.
The hashtag #StopTheParade set social media on fire on Wednesday night, after thousands took over the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn on Tuesday after police officer Darren Wilson escaped charges over the shooting death of Michael Brown.
The New York Post is reporting that those protests - in which 10 of an estimated 3,000 were arrested - have inspired a bigger plan to use the spotlight surrounding the parade to push what they say is injustice.
A notice posted to Facebook read: 'We do not accept state violence or genocide as cause for celebration. When the masses gather for the Thanksgiving Day Parade, we will gather to remind the public that BLACK LIVES MATTER.
'We will meet on the steps of the Public Library bright and early to plan exact flash mob location and make our signs. Please bring cardboard/posterboard small enough to hide on your person and markers.'
Ferguson Grand Jury Has Reached Decision in Michael Brown Case: Announcement Expected Monday Evening
/Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s office said he would hold a news conference this evening ahead of an expected announcement of a grand jury’s decision on whether to indict white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. [expect white supremacy]
Want More Racial Stupidity and Provocation from Ferguson? Officer Darren Wilson gets married to fellow Ferguson cop as White Grand jury Continues Fake Deliberations
/The 28-year-old white officer, expected to resign from the suburban St. Louis police department in light of the August shooting of the unarmed Black teen, married fellow Ferguson police Officer Barbara Spradling on Oct. 24. Wilson, who has been in hiding since the shooting, also has met with at least five TV anchors about a tell-all interview.
He said “I do” while protests raged.
Amid an uncertain (funny!) future and an impending grand jury decision, Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson married his girlfriend, fellow Ferguson cop Barbara Spradling, last month.
The 28-year-old, awaiting news on whether he will stand trial for fatally shooting unarmed black teen Michael Brown in August, tied the knot Oct. 24 with 37-year-old colleague Spradling, a 10-year veteran of the suburban St. Louis police force.
The couple, who share a home in nearby Crestwood, Mo., applied for a license last month in Clayton and were married in Oakland, Mo., by a municipal judge.
One of the witnesses to the union was Greg Kloeppel, one of Wilson’s attorneys.
