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Demonstrators yell “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” alongside a highway overpass to voice their opinions as the area awaits a grand jury decision on Nov. 15, 2014 near Ferguson, Missouri ~Joe Raedle—Getty Images
Activates National Guard to keep the peace if there is unrest following the Grand Jury’s decision
Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency in Missouri Monday, in anticipation of the public response to a grand jury decision about whether Darren Wilson will be charged in the August 9 killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson.
Citing the “possibility of expanded unrest,” Nixon announced that the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the St. Louis County Police Department, and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department would operate together as a “Unified Command” to keep the peace in the event that the findings of the investigation provoke further violence in Ferguson and St. Louis.
He also activated the National Guard and any reserve officers into active service, and specified that this Unified Command could expand to other jurisdictions to protect civil rights…
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