Grand Jury Decision Sooner Than Readers Expected
Photo date: August 19, 2014
In the Sunday Poll at the start of this week it was looking to many like we wouldn’t see a decision anytime soon. Only 6 readers correctly guessed Monday as the day.
Here are the results, in chronological order:
Q: What day do you think the Michael Brown Grand Jury will announce their decision?
- Today: Sunday 11/23/14 2 [6.25%]
- Tomorrow: Monday 11/24/14 6 [18.75%]
- Tuesday 11/25/14 4 [12.5%]
- Wednesday 11/26/14 3 [9.38%]
- Thursday 11/27/15 0 [0%]
- Friday 11/28/14 1 [3.13%]
- Saturday 11/29/14 1 [3.13%]
- Sunday 11/30/14 2 [6.25%]
- Sometime in December 2014 7 [21.88%]
- Unsure/no answer 6 [18.75%]
The answer with the most votes was “Sometime in December 2014.” I’d expected the results the following weekend, I thought on Sunday the 30th.
The destruction we all witnessed on TV Monday night/Tuesday morning was easy to anticipate. A look at history makes this clear:
- The 1979 White Night Riots in San Francisco after Dan White was convicted of Manslaughter for the murders of San Francisco mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.
- The 1992 Los Angeles Riots after four white cops were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King.
- You can read a long list of civil unrest in the US going back to the late 18th century here.
This destruction we saw underscores the problems we have in the St. Louis region, see Guest Post: Why It Takes More Than Changing Beliefs To End Racial Inequality.
Peace…
— Steve Patterson