Milwaukee – There are those who say that it’s the kind of anxiety you feel when a Category 5 Hurricane is coming your way. You can’t gauge with certainty what will fall in its path, what will remain in its aftermath. You board up. And wait. That’s the way many residents of Ferguson, Missouri feel as the city waits for the St. Louis County grand jury to decide whether Officer Darren Wilson should stand trial in the shooting of Michael Brown. The grand jurors technically have until January, but the prosecutor’s office has said a decision could come in mid-November. In Milwaukee, protestors waiting for the grand jury ruling in Ferguson, Missouri are ready to march on the streets of the city. “The people that are concerned will come out,” said Tory Lowe, an organizer of the protest. Plans for rallies across the nation urge people to gather in “solidarity” of Ferguson. Here in Milwaukee, protests run parallel with waiting on a Dontre Hamilton ruling. Milwaukee Police Officer Christopher Manney shot and killed Hamilton after a confrontation in Red Arrow Park this spring. “Milwaukee still has a decision to make,” Lowe said. Lowe says the Michael Brown rally will start at Red Arrow Park at 5 p.m. the day of the grand jury decision. The crowd will then march to the Federal Courthouse. “We have to reach higher to get the justice we feel we deserve,” Lowe said. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has monitored the events in Ferguson and is prepared for anything. “There’s no winners in this,” Clarke said. “Everybody loses when these things happen. “The longer you wait to make a decision, the more pent up energy and anger and animosity and emotion starts to build.” Lowe said that protest in Milwaukee will be non-violent.
Milwaukee Prepares For Ferguson Decision
