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Posted: 2014-11-25T04:14:19Z | Updated: 2014-12-01T23:59:01Z Notable Black Figures React After Darren Wilson Not Indicted In Michael Brown Shooting | HuffPost

Notable Black Figures React After Darren Wilson Not Indicted In Michael Brown Shooting

Notable Black Figures React After Ferguson Officer Not Indicted In Michael Brown Shooting
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After days of deliberating, a grand jury declined Monday night to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

The decision followed weeks of protests across the country that called for justice after Brown was killed. Now, many are once again calling for justice and are speaking out about their dissatisfaction with the decision. Below, check out our round-up of reactions from public figures on social media. For up-to-the-minute Ferguson coverage, click here.

Funny how the media doesn't show when justice is served like in the cases of Renisha Mcbride and Jordan Davis's killers.

Charlamagne Tha God (@cthagod) November 25, 2014

P.S. I hope there's no violence because they're just itching to shoot somebody else. Call their bluff. Please. #Ferguson

Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) November 25, 2014

No value for black life. But they extrapolate our magic , sweat, our voice our fire... And leave us stripped of our right to exist

QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) November 25, 2014

Don't really recall "Wilson standing over Brown and firing into back of body" being a dominant narrative.

Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) November 25, 2014

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