Ferguson-area churches, other cities, prepare for reaction to grand jury report on police officer

(The Christian Science Monitor) As the nation waits to learn the legal fate of Officer Darren Wilson—whether or not a grand jury will recommend charges against him in the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown—schools and churches in the area are preparing for any reaction to the report.

The latest news, published Friday night by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, provides new details about the brief violent encounter as well as video showing Officer Wilson at Ferguson police headquarters not long after that.

“The Aug. 9 fatal shooting here that sparked three months of protests and calls for change from around the world happened in less than 90 seconds, interviews and an analysis of police and EMS records shows,” the Post-Dispatch reported. “The records, obtained by the Post-Dispatch via Missouri’s Sunshine Law, provide the best timeline yet for the events surrounding the shooting of Michael Brown Jr., 18. Also released were police station surveillance videos that provide the most recent images of Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, who has stayed out of the public eye since the shooting. Wilson left the police station for the hospital two hours after the shooting, accompanied by other officers and his union lawyer. They returned about two and one-half hours later.”