Out of ferguson, missouri, the grand jury has reached a decision on whether to indict Darren Wilson in the shooting of michael brown. Robert ray joins us live from clayton missouri near ferguson with more. Robert. Tony, good afternoon, behind me the Justice Center in clayton where the grand jury has been going over the evidence for the past three and a half months and as you say a decision has been reached. We should clarify what that means for the viewers. The grand jury has made a decision as to whether or not they should hand up an indictment to a criminal court, then the Court Process will go through and decide whether or not the officer, Darren Wilson, criminally shot 18yearold michael brown. So this is just the process of the u. S. Government, and how it works, so we are awaiting that decision. Now, if there is the decision is not to hand it up to the criminal court what that is called is a no true bill. That means officer Darren Wilson is a he free man. He doesnt need to be take
Five indictments. Sparking months of demonstrations including a couple of weeks of protests that sometimes turned violent. Jay nixon called a state of emergency in advance and called up the National Guard. Early last night he pleaded for calm and so did Michael Browns family after they were informed of the decision. Robert ray is in clayton, where the grand jury was working on the case of officer wilson. Robert you were there, as prosecutor mccullough announced the decision of the grand jury. What was the reaction of the crowd near you. Antonio, good evening. In front of the Justice Center in clayton, you know it was silent to be honest with you. Out here you could hear a pin drop as we were listening to the prosecutor, robert mccullough. You know interesting, details came out, the grand jury started meeting on august 20th, antonio. They met for 70 hours over the course of the past three and a half months. They were able to hear over 60 witnesses and they came to the conclusion that th
Moisture moves off shore during Early Morning hours mainly as rain by tomorrow morning we are looking at warming temperatures. All eyes on this area have of low pressure that will bring heavy snow to the region by thursday morning and that is when a winter storm watch will go in effect for i go cant snow accumulation. That is very latest from the weather center, more on this coming up later in the broadcast but we have a lot to go for this event tonight. We will talk more in a minute. You know well it doesnt take a lot of ice to make roadways slick. The lets get a check meteorologist Justin Drabick ventured out to Chester County and cbs3 mobil weather lab. How is it looking, justin. Reporter not too great chris. We are in Downtown West chester. This is Market Street where sleet continues to come down. It has back off but it has done a job on the roads. It is sleet covered. You know, sleet is better though then freezing rain. The at least you have a traction to deal with but it is slick
Midafternoon. So no refreezing tonight. Milder just light rain and showers tomorrow. Rain to snow thursday by dawn. Significant snow possible. I would say in the metro area inside the beltway right now id say 1 to 4 more north and west. Shots fired along the intercounty connecter sent police scrambling. It happened in the eastbound lanes of route 200 just before i95 in laurel and police dont know who fired those shots. Scott broom is near the scene for us tonight. He joins us live with more on the investigation. What do you know . We have breaking developments now also. Were hearing sources with the park police are telling us theyre now about six miles from here investigating reports of shooting on the bw parkway and the reports that a building may have been struck somewhere around the nsa. Thats developing right now but it raises the prospect that there may be some sort of serial shooter incident underway. Theres no information to confirm thats whats going on but its become a very anx
Ill show you the startleing results from a perspective you havent seen before. Plus a California Police chief who took a symbolic stands with protest, im hear in his own words why he did it. I am ali velshi our special coverage of the cost of injustice in america starts right now. Police, drop the gun do, it now. Shoot me. The bigger challenge is how to make good decisions under stressful circumstances. The cost of injustice. Ferguson became a National Movement fueled buyout rage over images of police deploying militarygrade weapon to his quell protesters. Ferguson has become a rallying cry in minority communities across america who feel threatened not protected by their local police. And now many of them feel vicinity indicated after the department of justice blasted Ferguson Police for targeting black residents with petty charges and fines that aim to boost the citys finances. But the Justice Department report also put a harsh light on an important fill pillar of policing one that ha