Okay lets get to it. Breaking news out of ferguson, missouri, the grand jury has decided whether to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson. The prosecute are Attorneys Office will hold a nz conference latenewsconference later tonigh. Robert ray joins us, from ferguson, missouri, over to you robert. Tony, indeed, breaking news as we have been reporting for last two hours. The grand jury has a decision, we should know later tonight what that decision is. The sun has gone down, the temperatures are dropping. We are seeing some protesters and demonstrators walk around. Everything seems clean so par. The prosecutor is going to have a press conference. The mayor, the governor, tony. Any idea whether officer wilson has been arrested . So far, no indication. But that would be the situation. He would either have to come if the grand jury decides that they decided to indict him he would have to turn him in or be taken in i guess you could use the word arrest and brought in and then bond would have
That occurred during last nights riots. This used to be a beauty salon behind me. No longer. A grand jury decided against indicting Police Officer Darren Wilson, rioters and police in the surrounding area spent much of the night clashing. Youre looking right now at live pictures in baltimore where protests are starting to merge and shut down local traffic. More demonstrations are also happening right now in atlanta, georgia, and nearby from where i am in st. Louis. Protests across the country from new york city to chicago, philadelphia, seattle remained mostly peaceful. We are also at this hour awaiting press conferences from both missouri governor jay nixon and the u. S. Attorney general eric holder, both. Whom will be commenting on the violence here in ferguson. Law enforcement sent people scurrying from tear gas canisters as rioters flooded into local stores. The st. Louis county Police Arrested 61 people last night. The st. Louis city police, another 21. Maybe the most intense scen
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