Time for Peace
The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them Lois McMaster Bujold A few hours ago, I watched as Prosecutor Robert McCullough announced that the grand jury chose to not indict Darren Wilson. I was not surprised, but the announcement was still painful. I could only imagine the pain the Brown family fe lt when they heard the decision. Different emotions hit me a ll at once: anger, sadness, hopelessness. History was repeating itself and I could not stand it. Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. Frederick Douglass There were calls for peaceful protests from several officials and I believe that is the only way to proceed. I just do not understand how you can call for peaceful protests when you make the announcement at nightfall. You want people to
