Protests have erupted across America after a grand jury decided not to indict a white Missouri police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, with several hundred people storming onto a New York City bridge, 500 demonstrators blocking traffic on a major highway in California and others lying down outside the White House and on a street in Beverly Hills, California. Some demonstrations turned violent, with people looting a store in Chicago; protesters throwing large fireworks, rocks, bottles, and canned food at police in Seattle; and a police car being vandalized in Oakland. The protests broke out after St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch announced that the grand jury had not indicted Officer Darren Wilson, who gunned down Michael Brown on a street in Ferguson on Aug. 9. The grand jury had options ranging from first-degree murder to no charge at all, but being the racist pigs they are, they chose no charge at all. This is why they shouldn't be using all-white grand juries. The decision seems to underscore an unwritten rule that black lives hold no value and one may kill black men without consequences or repercussions. Seriously, Bob McCulloch, you and that grand jury need to reconsider that stupid verdict. It's enough to make Patrick Stewart swear. Speaking of which, here's a clip from the gag reel for the final season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which is coming out on Blu-ray next week:
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