JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER
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EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
ACROSS AMERICA AT 50 PLUS SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.THE BLACK RAGE CRAZE ABOUT THE KILLING OF MIKE BROWN IS IN FULL GEAR.THIS IS DAY 2 OF 7 OF THE 120 MILE TO SOMEBODYS OFFICE.OBAMA IS CATERING TO THE BLACK RAGE CRAZE AT THE WHITE HOUSE ALL DAY.HAVING MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS GROUPS. THEN WHOEVER THIS KILLER MIKE IS.HE SAYS DARREN WILSON KILLED BROWN IN ANGER.NOT DEFENCE.WHY CAN NOT THESE BLACKS GET IT THREW THEIR THICK SCULLS.IF BROWN WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A THEIF BY STEALING A BOX OF CIGARS.THEN ALSO ASSAULTED THE BOSS OF THE STORE ALSO.THEN 10 MINUTES LATER HE ASSAULTED OFFICER WILSON.IF THE BLACKS ARE SO DECIEVED TO THINK THAT THESE WERE NOT CRIMES.AND JUST FORGET ABOUT ALL BROWNS ACTIONS.BUT JUST CONCENTRATE ON THE SHOOTINGS.IS REDICULAS HOGWASH. BROWN GOT HIMSELF KILLED AS A RESULT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.OFFICER DARREN WILSON HAD A RIGHT TO DEFEND HIMSELF FROM THIS VIOLENT THIEF AND ASSAULTER.BUT TRY TO GET THAT POINT IN THE BLACKS HEADS.THEY JUST DENY THE CRIMES OR JUST CONVIENTLY LEAVE IT OUT SO THEY CAN CLAIM THE KILLING WAS RACISM OR ANGER BY WILSON THAT KILLED BROWN.THIS NONSENSE IS GETTING OUT OF HAND NOW.NOW THE BLACKS GOT THE SCHOOLS DECIEVED AND INTOXICATED WITH THE RACISM CARD TO MARCH FOR A CRIMINAL THAT GOT KILLED IN THE ACT OF CRIMES AND ASSAULTS.HOLDER IS GETTING INTO THIS NONSENSE TODAY ALSO.TALKING TO PEOPLE TODAY.WHAT IS OBAMA A SUNNI MUSLIM.AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ERIC HOLDER GETTING INTO THIS TODAY.IS MY QUESTION.OBAMA WAS NEVER IN FERGUSON.AND HOLDER IS IN AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION OF WILSON AND THE POLICE FORCE.IS THAT NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST HOLDER IS DOING BY TALKING ABOUT THE BROWN CASE TODAY.AND STICKING UP FOR THE BLACKS. INSTEAD OF JUST CONCENTRATING ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE POLICE INVESTIGATION.
Obama requests $263 million for federal response to Ferguson-Reuters-By Steve Holland-DEC 1,14-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama asked Congress on Monday for $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval in Ferguson, Missouri, and is setting up a task force to study how to improve modern-day policing.The funds would pay for body cameras for police officers to use and expand training for law enforcement in an attempt to build trust in communities such as Ferguson, where a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the August shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, the White House said.Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey and Laurie Robinson, a George Mason University professor who is a former assistant attorney general, will lead the task force on 21st century policing, officials said.The White House made the announcement as Obama met with civil rights leaders and various elected officials and community leaders on Monday to discuss how to respond to the challenge presented by Ferguson.Obama's moves were the most tangible taken by Obama since a grand jury last week opted not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown. Obama has said he sympathized with people upset by the decision and that police in a variety of communities need to build trust with the people they serve.On Monday, protests triggered by the events in Ferguson stretched into Washington, where a group of protesters snarled morning traffic from Northern Virginia into the city by shutting down a key artery at rush hour.The $263 million would be spread over three years and would help purchase 50,000 body-worn cameras that could help provide additional information about incidents involving police interactions.Also on Monday, the White House released the results of a months-long review into whether community police need some of the military-style weaponry and hardware sent to police departments nationwide since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.The review found a lack of consistency in how federal programs provide such equipment. As a result, Obama ordered his staff to develop recommendations within 120 days on how to provide greater oversight, such as requiring local civilian approval of such acquisitions."We've found that in many cases these programs actually serve a very useful purpose. What is needed, however, is much greater consistency in oversight of these programs," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.(Additional reporting by Julia Edwards and Roberta Rampton; Editing by Bill Trott and Susan Heavey)
Obama to meet with Cabinet, civil rights leaders on Ferguson-Reuters-NOV 30,14-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet at the White House on Monday with Cabinet members and civil rights leaders on issues related to Ferguson, Missouri, where a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black teenager.The meeting with Cabinet members will include a discussion of a review Obama ordered in August of federal programs that provide equipment to local law enforcement agencies, the White House said in a statement on Sunday. Obama will also meet with elected officials, civil rights leaders and law enforcement officials from around the country to discuss "how communities and law enforcement can work together to build trust to strengthen neighborhoods across the country," the statement said.(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)
Ferguson protesters lawyer up after scores of arrests-Reuters-By Emily Flitter-DEC 1,14-YAHOONEWS
FERGUSON, MO. (Reuters) - The young man and woman waiting in the dark outside the St. Louis county jail were bundled up in scarves and hats to ward off a light freezing rain, but still they were shivering. Every time someone emerged from the jail they would scurry with the person to a nearby car, which had the engine running and the heat blasting.The pair were one of several teams working in shifts to help some of the more than 100 people who were arrested during last week's sometimes violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Their job was to help the newly released individuals get legal aid for upcoming court appearances.Each person received a flyer with numbers to call for lawyers and legal advice. They were also offered a ride home.The volunteers, who will return to the jail again on Monday after the holiday weekend, are part of a centralized team of lawyers and law school students pitching in from around the United States.They are tapping into a sophisticated network of legal experts established over the past decade in the wake of high-profile mass demonstrations, including protests at the Republican National Convention in 2004 and the Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011. The network includes seasoned lawyers who routinely handle cases stemming from protests and civil disobedience, and who say they have learned from each protest."Occupy Wall Street is the gift that keeps on giving," said Wylie Stecklow, a New York-based lawyer. Stecklow's firm, Stecklow, Cohen & Thompson (formerly Wylie Law), represented 200 people who were arrested during the Occupy protests in New York.He learned valuable lessons from the Occupy and RNC protests. For example, how best to centrally fund bail payouts and how to work together to represent large numbers of people.Some of the volunteers deployed in Ferguson have acted as legal observers, who are tasked with documenting each arrest that is made at a protest and serving afterward as a witness to the events leading to charges.But the job of the legal team working in Ferguson goes far beyond the duties of protest observers. Once people have been arrested and charged, lawyers from the same central network offer their services to each individual with a court case.
"HUGE APPARATUS OF INVISIBLE PEOPLE"
Since August, roughly 300 people, including local residents and activists as well as organizers and journalists who traveled to Ferguson, have been arrested amid the protests, which have been marred by looting and arson attacks.Those arrested face charges ranging from unlawful assembly and trespassing, interfering with police activity and resisting arrest to felonies including second degree burglary, arson, unlawful firearm possession and assault.Many who were charged in the tumult that followed the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in August are set to appear in court in January, while others arrested last week and unable to post bail are still in jail.The team of lawyers working on Ferguson protest cases is led by Arch City Defenders, a St. Louis-based group that provides free legal representation to poor St. Louis residents. Volunteers are manning a local legal aid hotline for protesters who have been arrested and their families, and various local and national non-profit groups have formed a central defense team to handle the cases."There's a huge apparatus of invisible people working on this," said Purvi Shah, director of the Bertha Justice Institute at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York.She is one of around a dozen lawyers who have made regular trips to Ferguson from around the country since August. She estimated there were more than 100 lawyers offering help from afar and 10 or 15 people working in shifts on the ground. That number does not include the law students and recent law school graduates volunteering in Ferguson."Having a mass defense coordinating efforts is the best way to do things because you've got lawyers and paralegals sharing information," said Martin Stolar, a New York lawyer who represented people arrested during the Occupy Wall Street protests."You can also tell the prosecutors, 'You should dismiss all of these cases unless you can go through and prove every individual one is valid.'"(This version of the story corrects the name of law firm in paragraph six.)(Editing By Ross Colvin)
Missouri officer in fatal shooting quit without severance: mayor-Reuters-By Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister November 30, 2014 2:09 PM-YAHOONEWS
FERGUSON, Missouri (Reuters) - The white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, this summer, resigned from the force without any severance deal, the mayor of the St. Louis suburb said on Sunday.The officer, Darren Wilson, announced his resignation late Saturday, saying he feared for his own safety and that of his fellow police officers after a grand jury decided not to indict him in the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown."There will be no severance or extension of benefits for Darren Wilson following his resignation," Mayor James Knowles said at a news conference in which he outlined new incentives to bring more African-Americans into the Ferguson police force.The fatal shooting of the unarmed teenager has galvanized critics of the way police and the U.S. criminal justice system treat African-Americans and other minority groups, and led to months of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson and major cities around the country.Wilson, who said he was acting in self-defense and that his conscience is clear, had been on administrative leave and in seclusion since the incident.The mayor said he had not asked for Wilson's resignation, and even though the officer expressed an interest "in a future here," Knowles said he wanted the city to turn a page."I think it is best that we continue to move on as a community," Knowles said.The mayor said his focus was on how to rebuild trust in the city, where the shooting exposed long-standing grievances about race relations both in Ferguson and across the country."We need to look at how this will not happen again in the future," he said. "There are a lot of issues that have to be addressed."
Wilson resigned after Tom Jackson, Ferguson's police chief, told him there had been credible threats against the department, Neil Bruntrager, the former officer's attorney, said."When Darren was told that, he simply said, 'That's enough,' and it was time to resign," Bruntrager said.In a letter published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Wilson said he had wanted to wait until after the grand jury's decision before deciding whether to quit.Even so, his departure was long anticipated because of the potential risks to his own safety and the deep rifts that have surfaced between Ferguson's police and the African-American community since the shooting.Some critics now want the police chief to resign as well, to promote reconciliation in the St. Louis suburb, where most residents are black and the police force is mostly white.During the news conference in Ferguson, Jackson said he had no plans to resign, and the mayor said no changes in the department's leadership were in the works."My focus has been on the safety of the city of Ferguson and its citizens," Jackson said, when asked how he felt about the calls for his resignation.The Rev. Al Sharpton, a prominent African-American civil rights activist, was likely to speak about the case in a sermon on Sunday at the church in Ferguson where Michael Brown's funeral was held. Brown's parents were expected to attend.(Additional reporting By Doina Chiacu and Lisa Lampert in Washington; Writing by Frank McGurty; Editing by Kevin Liffey and Philippa Fletcher)
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EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
ACROSS AMERICA AT 50 PLUS SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.THE BLACK RAGE CRAZE ABOUT THE KILLING OF MIKE BROWN IS IN FULL GEAR.THIS IS DAY 2 OF 7 OF THE 120 MILE TO SOMEBODYS OFFICE.OBAMA IS CATERING TO THE BLACK RAGE CRAZE AT THE WHITE HOUSE ALL DAY.HAVING MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS GROUPS. THEN WHOEVER THIS KILLER MIKE IS.HE SAYS DARREN WILSON KILLED BROWN IN ANGER.NOT DEFENCE.WHY CAN NOT THESE BLACKS GET IT THREW THEIR THICK SCULLS.IF BROWN WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A THEIF BY STEALING A BOX OF CIGARS.THEN ALSO ASSAULTED THE BOSS OF THE STORE ALSO.THEN 10 MINUTES LATER HE ASSAULTED OFFICER WILSON.IF THE BLACKS ARE SO DECIEVED TO THINK THAT THESE WERE NOT CRIMES.AND JUST FORGET ABOUT ALL BROWNS ACTIONS.BUT JUST CONCENTRATE ON THE SHOOTINGS.IS REDICULAS HOGWASH. BROWN GOT HIMSELF KILLED AS A RESULT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.OFFICER DARREN WILSON HAD A RIGHT TO DEFEND HIMSELF FROM THIS VIOLENT THIEF AND ASSAULTER.BUT TRY TO GET THAT POINT IN THE BLACKS HEADS.THEY JUST DENY THE CRIMES OR JUST CONVIENTLY LEAVE IT OUT SO THEY CAN CLAIM THE KILLING WAS RACISM OR ANGER BY WILSON THAT KILLED BROWN.THIS NONSENSE IS GETTING OUT OF HAND NOW.NOW THE BLACKS GOT THE SCHOOLS DECIEVED AND INTOXICATED WITH THE RACISM CARD TO MARCH FOR A CRIMINAL THAT GOT KILLED IN THE ACT OF CRIMES AND ASSAULTS.HOLDER IS GETTING INTO THIS NONSENSE TODAY ALSO.TALKING TO PEOPLE TODAY.WHAT IS OBAMA A SUNNI MUSLIM.AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ERIC HOLDER GETTING INTO THIS TODAY.IS MY QUESTION.OBAMA WAS NEVER IN FERGUSON.AND HOLDER IS IN AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION OF WILSON AND THE POLICE FORCE.IS THAT NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST HOLDER IS DOING BY TALKING ABOUT THE BROWN CASE TODAY.AND STICKING UP FOR THE BLACKS. INSTEAD OF JUST CONCENTRATING ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE POLICE INVESTIGATION.
Obama requests $263 million for federal response to Ferguson-Reuters-By Steve Holland-DEC 1,14-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama asked Congress on Monday for $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval in Ferguson, Missouri, and is setting up a task force to study how to improve modern-day policing.The funds would pay for body cameras for police officers to use and expand training for law enforcement in an attempt to build trust in communities such as Ferguson, where a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the August shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, the White House said.Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey and Laurie Robinson, a George Mason University professor who is a former assistant attorney general, will lead the task force on 21st century policing, officials said.The White House made the announcement as Obama met with civil rights leaders and various elected officials and community leaders on Monday to discuss how to respond to the challenge presented by Ferguson.Obama's moves were the most tangible taken by Obama since a grand jury last week opted not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown. Obama has said he sympathized with people upset by the decision and that police in a variety of communities need to build trust with the people they serve.On Monday, protests triggered by the events in Ferguson stretched into Washington, where a group of protesters snarled morning traffic from Northern Virginia into the city by shutting down a key artery at rush hour.The $263 million would be spread over three years and would help purchase 50,000 body-worn cameras that could help provide additional information about incidents involving police interactions.Also on Monday, the White House released the results of a months-long review into whether community police need some of the military-style weaponry and hardware sent to police departments nationwide since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.The review found a lack of consistency in how federal programs provide such equipment. As a result, Obama ordered his staff to develop recommendations within 120 days on how to provide greater oversight, such as requiring local civilian approval of such acquisitions."We've found that in many cases these programs actually serve a very useful purpose. What is needed, however, is much greater consistency in oversight of these programs," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.(Additional reporting by Julia Edwards and Roberta Rampton; Editing by Bill Trott and Susan Heavey)
Obama to meet with Cabinet, civil rights leaders on Ferguson-Reuters-NOV 30,14-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet at the White House on Monday with Cabinet members and civil rights leaders on issues related to Ferguson, Missouri, where a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black teenager.The meeting with Cabinet members will include a discussion of a review Obama ordered in August of federal programs that provide equipment to local law enforcement agencies, the White House said in a statement on Sunday. Obama will also meet with elected officials, civil rights leaders and law enforcement officials from around the country to discuss "how communities and law enforcement can work together to build trust to strengthen neighborhoods across the country," the statement said.(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)
Ferguson protesters lawyer up after scores of arrests-Reuters-By Emily Flitter-DEC 1,14-YAHOONEWS
FERGUSON, MO. (Reuters) - The young man and woman waiting in the dark outside the St. Louis county jail were bundled up in scarves and hats to ward off a light freezing rain, but still they were shivering. Every time someone emerged from the jail they would scurry with the person to a nearby car, which had the engine running and the heat blasting.The pair were one of several teams working in shifts to help some of the more than 100 people who were arrested during last week's sometimes violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Their job was to help the newly released individuals get legal aid for upcoming court appearances.Each person received a flyer with numbers to call for lawyers and legal advice. They were also offered a ride home.The volunteers, who will return to the jail again on Monday after the holiday weekend, are part of a centralized team of lawyers and law school students pitching in from around the United States.They are tapping into a sophisticated network of legal experts established over the past decade in the wake of high-profile mass demonstrations, including protests at the Republican National Convention in 2004 and the Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011. The network includes seasoned lawyers who routinely handle cases stemming from protests and civil disobedience, and who say they have learned from each protest."Occupy Wall Street is the gift that keeps on giving," said Wylie Stecklow, a New York-based lawyer. Stecklow's firm, Stecklow, Cohen & Thompson (formerly Wylie Law), represented 200 people who were arrested during the Occupy protests in New York.He learned valuable lessons from the Occupy and RNC protests. For example, how best to centrally fund bail payouts and how to work together to represent large numbers of people.Some of the volunteers deployed in Ferguson have acted as legal observers, who are tasked with documenting each arrest that is made at a protest and serving afterward as a witness to the events leading to charges.But the job of the legal team working in Ferguson goes far beyond the duties of protest observers. Once people have been arrested and charged, lawyers from the same central network offer their services to each individual with a court case.
"HUGE APPARATUS OF INVISIBLE PEOPLE"
Since August, roughly 300 people, including local residents and activists as well as organizers and journalists who traveled to Ferguson, have been arrested amid the protests, which have been marred by looting and arson attacks.Those arrested face charges ranging from unlawful assembly and trespassing, interfering with police activity and resisting arrest to felonies including second degree burglary, arson, unlawful firearm possession and assault.Many who were charged in the tumult that followed the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in August are set to appear in court in January, while others arrested last week and unable to post bail are still in jail.The team of lawyers working on Ferguson protest cases is led by Arch City Defenders, a St. Louis-based group that provides free legal representation to poor St. Louis residents. Volunteers are manning a local legal aid hotline for protesters who have been arrested and their families, and various local and national non-profit groups have formed a central defense team to handle the cases."There's a huge apparatus of invisible people working on this," said Purvi Shah, director of the Bertha Justice Institute at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York.She is one of around a dozen lawyers who have made regular trips to Ferguson from around the country since August. She estimated there were more than 100 lawyers offering help from afar and 10 or 15 people working in shifts on the ground. That number does not include the law students and recent law school graduates volunteering in Ferguson."Having a mass defense coordinating efforts is the best way to do things because you've got lawyers and paralegals sharing information," said Martin Stolar, a New York lawyer who represented people arrested during the Occupy Wall Street protests."You can also tell the prosecutors, 'You should dismiss all of these cases unless you can go through and prove every individual one is valid.'"(This version of the story corrects the name of law firm in paragraph six.)(Editing By Ross Colvin)
Missouri officer in fatal shooting quit without severance: mayor-Reuters-By Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister November 30, 2014 2:09 PM-YAHOONEWS
FERGUSON, Missouri (Reuters) - The white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, this summer, resigned from the force without any severance deal, the mayor of the St. Louis suburb said on Sunday.The officer, Darren Wilson, announced his resignation late Saturday, saying he feared for his own safety and that of his fellow police officers after a grand jury decided not to indict him in the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown."There will be no severance or extension of benefits for Darren Wilson following his resignation," Mayor James Knowles said at a news conference in which he outlined new incentives to bring more African-Americans into the Ferguson police force.The fatal shooting of the unarmed teenager has galvanized critics of the way police and the U.S. criminal justice system treat African-Americans and other minority groups, and led to months of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson and major cities around the country.Wilson, who said he was acting in self-defense and that his conscience is clear, had been on administrative leave and in seclusion since the incident.The mayor said he had not asked for Wilson's resignation, and even though the officer expressed an interest "in a future here," Knowles said he wanted the city to turn a page."I think it is best that we continue to move on as a community," Knowles said.The mayor said his focus was on how to rebuild trust in the city, where the shooting exposed long-standing grievances about race relations both in Ferguson and across the country."We need to look at how this will not happen again in the future," he said. "There are a lot of issues that have to be addressed."
Wilson resigned after Tom Jackson, Ferguson's police chief, told him there had been credible threats against the department, Neil Bruntrager, the former officer's attorney, said."When Darren was told that, he simply said, 'That's enough,' and it was time to resign," Bruntrager said.In a letter published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Wilson said he had wanted to wait until after the grand jury's decision before deciding whether to quit.Even so, his departure was long anticipated because of the potential risks to his own safety and the deep rifts that have surfaced between Ferguson's police and the African-American community since the shooting.Some critics now want the police chief to resign as well, to promote reconciliation in the St. Louis suburb, where most residents are black and the police force is mostly white.During the news conference in Ferguson, Jackson said he had no plans to resign, and the mayor said no changes in the department's leadership were in the works."My focus has been on the safety of the city of Ferguson and its citizens," Jackson said, when asked how he felt about the calls for his resignation.The Rev. Al Sharpton, a prominent African-American civil rights activist, was likely to speak about the case in a sermon on Sunday at the church in Ferguson where Michael Brown's funeral was held. Brown's parents were expected to attend.(Additional reporting By Doina Chiacu and Lisa Lampert in Washington; Writing by Frank McGurty; Editing by Kevin Liffey and Philippa Fletcher)
