The peaceful daytime demonstrations came as Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri sent state lawmakers a letter outlining what he called an urgent need to cover the ballooning costs of maintaining hundreds of National Guard troops and state police officers who are deployed here on the streets, day and night. The governor has called a special legislative session. The march from Ferguson to the governor’s mansion, called a “Journey for Justice” will be carried out in 17-mile increments, with marchers heading back to churches in St. Louis and Jefferson City at the end of each day. At a prayer service before the march, a litany of clergy members and N.A.A.C.P. leaders excoriated the grand-jury process and railed against racial disparities in the legal system they said had been laid bare by Mr. Brown’s killing. “We cannot be satisfied until Michael Brown and his family have the justice they deserve,” Cornell William Brooks, the president of the N.A.A.C.P., told the crowd.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:31:38 +0000
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