On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. On November 24, 2014, a grand jury reached a decision not to indict Wilson for the shooting. The video above shows reactions to the grand jury’s decision, both in Ferguson and in New York. At a barbershop in Ferguson, an employee speaks to concerns about rioting, saying: “I’ve been working here for five years and not one time have I token my equipment home, and I’m doing it tonight… I can tell you for sure, 100%, if he’s innocent [Wilson], they’re going to burn this city down. There’s no doubt about it.”
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