Grand jury reaches decision on Ferguson shooting: Wilson faces no charges

 

Last night at 9 p.m. EST, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch announced the Missouri grand jury's decision not to indict Darren Wilson. Wilson, a 28-year-old white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., shot and killed Michael Brown, an 18-year-old unarmed black man on Aug. 9. Brown's shooting has sparked ongoing protests in Ferguson and across the United States since this summer. The lack of an indictment means that the grand jury did not find enough evidence to show that Wilson could be reasonably convicted at trial.

Black Lives Matter Boston, an organization that "remains committed to being active in the movement against racist policing and police violence both locally and nationally," will be hosting "#IndictAmerica: Turn Up for Mike Brown!" this evening at 7 p.m. at the District B-2 station of the Boston Police Department at 2400 Washington St. in Roxbury, Boston.