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CLAYTON (KMOV.com) – A protester said violence will occur if charges are not filed against Officer Darren Wilson in connection with the shooting of Michael Brown, Jr.

The man made the comments during a St. Louis County Council meeting Tuesday. The man asked Councilman Steve Stenger, who is running for St. Louis County Executive, where he was when tear gas was used on protesters. He then asked the entire council where it was when Brown was shot before saying violence would return if Wilson is not indicted.
Several protest organizers told News 4 they understand the man’s frustration and are trying to find a way to address it. Zaki Baruti [yellow t-shirt below], with the Mike Brown Justice Coalition, said he is planning on reaching out to the man and publicly addressing those concerns Monday. (read more)

It is procedurally impossible to be represented by legal counsel at a Grand Jury impaneled to judge your own criminal liability.   So it is factually evident Officer Darren Wilson gave testimony to the Grand Jury absent of the presence of legal counsel. 

If you follow the outline you’ll note Officer Wilson gave two statements and interviews with county investigators, one statement and interview with federal authorities, and following THOSE then sat down for a 4 hour Grand Jury inquiry.  It’s obvious the guy has nothing to hide.

Might as well begin calling this guy “Opie”.

ST. LOUIS • Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson testified for almost four hours Tuesday in front of a St. Louis County grand jury investigating the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, a source with knowledge of the investigation said Wednesday.
Wilson was not obligated to testify, and has also spoken with St. Louis County investigators twice and federal investigators once, the source said. The source said that Wilson had been “cooperative.”
Ed Magee, a spokesman for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch’s office, said Wednesday that he would not comment on which witness have testified.
Last month, McCulloch said that an existing grand jury would hear the case. He has said that he would present all the evidence and witnesses to the 12 members of the jury and leave the decision of whether to charge Wilson up to them. Magee told the Post-Dispatch Monday that prosecutors will help navigate legal issues.
He also said that he expected a decision by mid-October, and promised to seek the public release of all evidence. (more…)

The local news stations who aired the live-streams of the prior Ferguson City Council meeting did not do so today; perhaps because they were ashamed of the publicity upon the city. In addition the live-stream from the actual city feed itself was conspicuously inoperable. Subsequently the only visibility into the event itself was from people using twitter and recording the events inside the chamber. Here’s a sample:
“If Darren Wilson Get Off Y’all Better Bring Every Army Y’all Got, Cause It’s Going Down”

"If Darren Wilson get off y'all better bring every army y'all got. Cause it's going down." pic.twitter.com/pexFCCawbZ

— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) September 16, 2014

Numerous residents expressed the same or similar sentiment. Each resident taking turns attacking the City Council for allowing the due process within the Law and Order system.
Then came the face of the Ferguson residents, Anthony Shahid:

RT @kodacohen: Anthony Shahid confronts @SteveStenger during STL County Council meeting. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/qtL2zY8qYK

— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) September 17, 2014

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The progressive view of society is grounded upon diminishing the individual in favor of a collective.   Everyone deserves a trophy for participation regardless of their contribution. Nationalism, or pride in differentiation is bad; globalism or pride in the collective is good.
To that end progressives infect popular culture and entertainment with the same diminishment intentions.
Hollywood Inc. is constantly selling the narrative that people -if left alone to their own devices- are inherently sexist, racist, nativist, et al.  A modern utopia for the left is a place where everyone looks, acts and sounds the same.  A place where asexual beings can reproduce, everyone’s collective rights are inscribed in universal laws; inherent biology or nature is removed, and your value in their ‘freedom’ is defined by your willing symbiosis.
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Made things worse? Heck I’d go as far as to say the media “created”, and in several cases “provoked, most of the tension, anxiety and conflict…

MISSOURI – The vast majority of St. Louis County residents are giving the media low marks for their reporting on racial strife in Ferguson, Missouri.
Seventy-three percent of those surveyed say the press made things “worse” in the wake of the police shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown, according to a new poll by the Kansas City-based Remington Research Group. Eighteen percent said the media had made things better and the remainder had no opinion.

In terms of the racial breakdown, 81 percent of whites thought the press made the situation worse, while 50 percent of African-Americans agreed. (read more)

Discovery in this lawsuit could be interesting….

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that a Florida woman can pursue her lawsuit alleging the government invaded her privacy in the scandal over former CIA director David Petraeus.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Jill Kelley of Tampa can move ahead with claims that the FBI and Defense Department violated her privacy when officials leaked information about her to the news media.
The ruling does not deal with the merits of the case, but as the lawsuit proceeds, it could reveal more about the role various government agencies played as the scandal unfolded two years ago.
In 2012, Kelley complained to the FBI when an unknown person sent her harassing emails. Her complaint triggered a criminal investigation that led agents to Paula Broadwell, who was Petraeus’ biographer and had been having an affair with him. (more…)

A couple of developments:
The County of Saint Louis is obviously trying to figure out how to follow the law, and yet avoid a town of little Sharp-tongues’  burning down the place.  They’ve extended dates for the Grand Jury to meet all the way into January.
Additionally, there’s another Ferguson City Council meeting scheduled again for tonight. If you enjoy unscripted parody you might want to watch. If someone finds a live link please drop it in the comments, the last one was, well, a little over-the-top. (more…)

The hidden story behind the mid-East events continues to unfold.  As previously discussed Egypt’s Fatah El-Sisi requested the assistance of the Saudi royals, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz, and The Arab Gulf Council, in pressuring Qatar to stop their support for the Islamic Jihad and terrorists.

The UAE and Saudi’s respect the stability El-Sisi is delivering, and last week agreed to assist the stability objective.  A quiet conversation with Qatar led to the announcement that several members of Muslim Brotherhood leadership were being dispatched from the region.  Now, today…   

(Egypt Independent) Gamal Abdel Sattar, a Muslim Brotherhood preacher, said that former International Cooperation Minister Amr Derag was deported to Turkey five days ago, while Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who has the Qatari nationality, will remain in Doha.

Abdel Sattar added that there are six other Brotherhood figures leaving Doha to destinations to be determined within hours.

Another source said they would first go to Turkey and then leave, so as not to embarrass Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party before the opposition. (link)

The safe-haven in Turkey, albeit temporary, should be seen for what it is.   Further evidence of Erdogan’s support for the radical jihadist elements, aka ISIS.  There is no doubt Erdogan has an ultimate ideology in general agreement with the Islamic State.
Egypt’s El-Sisi has asked Interpol for assistance in intercepting the terrorists as they leave Qatar.  Hopefully they are: a.) willing, and, b.) successful. (more…)

“Actress” Daniele Watts originally claimed the LA police targeted her because she was black and was kissing her white boyfriend. “Racists”. She later accused the police of targeting her as a prostitute because she was black.

She and her publicist immediately scheduled the customary New York media tour. The goal of the tour was to fulfill the never ending thirst of the national media to promote stories around racism, sexism and the various “ism’s” the professional left loves to tout.
Unfortunately between scheduling the tour and actually appearing on the daily talks, the truth came out.
Apparently Ms. Watts and her boyfriend were having openly visible sex in a business parking lot and witnesses of the business called the police.  A rather divergent set of facts from the racist proclamations of Ms. Watts.   Frustrated, the media had to drop the narrative.
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