"Darren Wilson was not indicted for shooting Michael Brown. Many people in Ferguson question whether justice was done." says this New Yorker writer.
New Yorker "Darren Wilson, the former police officer who shot and killed Michael
Brown, an eighteen-year-old African-American, in Ferguson, Missouri, has
been living for several months on a nondescript dead-end street on the
outskirts of St. Louis. Most of the nearby houses are clad in vinyl
siding; there are no sidewalks, and few cars around. Wilson, who is
twenty-nine, started receiving death threats not long after the
incident, in which Brown was killed in the street shortly after robbing a
convenience store. Although Wilson recently bought the house, his name
is not on the deed, and only a few friends know where he lives. He and
his wife, Barb, who is thirty-seven, and also a former Ferguson cop,
rarely linger in the front yard. Because of such precautions, Wilson has
been leading a very quiet life. During the past year, a series of
police killings of African-Americans across the country has inspired
grief, outrage, protest, and acrimonious debate. For many Americans,
this discussion, though painful, has been essential. Wilson has tried,
with some success, to block it out." . . .
In case you forgot, the big man on the left is who was shot by Officer Wilson.
New Yorker "Darren Wilson, the former police officer who shot and killed Michael
Brown, an eighteen-year-old African-American, in Ferguson, Missouri, has
been living for several months on a nondescript dead-end street on the
outskirts of St. Louis. Most of the nearby houses are clad in vinyl
siding; there are no sidewalks, and few cars around. Wilson, who is
twenty-nine, started receiving death threats not long after the
incident, in which Brown was killed in the street shortly after robbing a
convenience store. Although Wilson recently bought the house, his name
is not on the deed, and only a few friends know where he lives. He and
his wife, Barb, who is thirty-seven, and also a former Ferguson cop,
rarely linger in the front yard. Because of such precautions, Wilson has
been leading a very quiet life. During the past year, a series of
police killings of African-Americans across the country has inspired
grief, outrage, protest, and acrimonious debate. For many Americans,
this discussion, though painful, has been essential. Wilson has tried,
with some success, to block it out." . . .In case you forgot, the big man on the left is who was shot by Officer Wilson.
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