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Any day now, a St. Louis County grand jury is expected to announce
its decision about whether to indict white Ferguson, Mo., police officer
Darren Wilson for shooting unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown on
Aug. 9.
Whatever the grand jury decides, the process has already been marred
by a series of leaks, distrust between the Brown family and prosecutor
Bob McCulloch's office, and anger from many in the Ferguson community
who believe Wilson should have been indicted months ago. And as TPM
reported, it is exceedingly rare in the U.S. for a police officer to be charged for a shooting in the line of duty.
Authorities already seem to be preparing for the worst. Gov. Jay Nixon (D)
declared a state of emergency this week and activated the Missouri National Guard.
Despite the secrecy of the grand jury proceedings, the investigation
has been going on for three months and plenty of information has become
public. Here's everything we know so far about the decision that many
worry could ignite the nation's racial tensions once again:
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