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The New York Times and other media have focused enormous attention on the tragedy in Ferguson, Mo., where an unarmed black youth was shot and killed by a police officer. Unfortunately, there has been very little discussion about the economic and social tragedy that has befallen an entire generation of young black men.

Today, more than 5.5 million young Americans have either dropped out of high school or graduated from high school and have no jobs. Today, while youth unemployment is 20 percent, African-American youth unemployment is 35 percent, and in the St. Louis area, it is even higher than that.

Incredibly, there are estimates that if present trends continue, one of every three black American men born today can expect to go to prison in his lifetime.

If there is anything that we can learn from the Ferguson tragedy, it should be a recognition that we need to address the extraordinary crises facing black youths. That means, among other things, a major jobs program, job training and vastly improved educational opportunities.

BERNARD SANDERS
U.S. Senator from Vermont
Burlington, Vt., Aug. 20, 2014

To the Editor:

The tragic death of Michael Brown and the responses to it have brought a long-simmering distrust in Missouri’s criminal justice system to a boil. Two concrete actions can go a long way toward easing tensions and moving us closer to the ultimate goal of “equal justice under law.”

First, Robert P. McCulloch, the St. Louis County prosecutor, whose father, a police officer, was tragically killed in the line of duty by a black man in 1964, must have no involvement with charging decisions and/or sentencing decisions related to the police officer who killed Mr. Brown. If either side could so very easily have Mr. McCulloch disqualified as a juror under his circumstances, it cannot possibly be just or fair for him to make charging or sentencing decisions in this case.

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Regardless of who initiates the action, the appointment of a politically neutral, highly respected special prosecutor is essential.

Second, there is obviously a widespread perception of substantial racial inequities in Missouri’s criminal justice system. The mere fact that African-Americans are incarcerated at about six times the rate of whites is enough to justify the appointment of a politically neutral, highly respected blue-ribbon commission to identify the nature and extent of racial inequities and the steps that will most likely resolve them.

LOU HORWITZ
St. Peters, Mo., Aug. 21, 2014

The writer is a lawyer.

To the Editor:

Police training must be changed from “shoot to kill” to protect police officers to “shoot or act to disable or stop” unless the officer is in clear mortal danger. Sometimes this will mean retreating or using nonlethal force.

Police training overwhelmingly emphasizes officer protection to the point of discouraging “shoot to wound” and allowing or even requiring use of hollow point bullets, formerly outlawed as too destructive of human tissue.

Otherwise, police officers when scared or excited will continue to empty their guns against suspects, unnecessarily killing hundreds where less than deadly force is appropriate.

As a lawyer representing innocent people shot at by the police and as a former general counsel to the New York State Crime Victims Board (1977-87), I have seen this scenario play out over the last 30 years. Equipping the police routinely with military-style weapons is likely to result in even more death and injury to innocent civilians as well as to more criminal suspects.

PAUL HUDSON
Sarasota, Fla., Aug. 21, 2014

FERGUSON, Mo. — The white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager here over the summer, setting off months of protests, will not return to duty in the city’s police department, those close to him said on Friday, as the region braced for a grand jury’s decision on whether to indict him.

Signs pointed to that decision’s coming as early as this weekend. One nearby school district announced that it would close on Monday and Tuesday, decision or no decision, to avoid unrest that might follow the news. An array of law enforcement officials, including some from the F.B.I., were making final preparations for the possibility of large-scale demonstrations similar to those that erupted, and sometimes turned violent, after the shooting in August. And the St. Louis County prosecutor’s office, which is overseeing the grand jury, began making arrangements on Friday for a public announcement of the decision, whenever it comes.

President Obama, in a television interview, urged Americans in Ferguson and elsewhere to “keep protests peaceful.” In comments to ABC News from a program that aired on Friday night, Mr. Obama said, “Using any event as an excuse for violence is contrary to rule of law and contrary to who we are.”

Since the shooting of Michael Brown, 18, on Aug. La banda algarete lento download. 9, there have been numerous and strenuous calls for the police officer, Darren Wilson, to resign or be fired. Those close to him said on Friday that Officer Wilson, who has been on paid administrative leave since the shooting, had no intention of returning to the mostly white police department in this mostly black St. Louis suburb.

Discussions between Ferguson officials and Officer Wilson’s lawyers had begun in the last two months, some involved said, but tapered off without resolution. On several occasions, Ferguson officials have urged him to resign, but he has not agreed on the timing of his departure, an official with knowledge of the talks said Friday. The city does not plan to offer Officer Wilson, who says that he feared for his life when he encountered Mr. Brown and shot him, severance pay or any compensation in exchange for his resignation, an official said.

Ferguson personnel rules require that an investigation be completed in order to fire an employee. That has not yet happened, the official said. If Officer Wilson is indicted in Mr. Brown’s death, city officials have said, he will be fired.

All around the St. Louis region, people were girding for what might follow an announcement of the grand jury’s decision, as the shooting spurred months of furious protests over police conduct, racial profiling and what demonstrators here consider a racially biased justice system. Many protesters said they expected that Officer Wilson would not be indicted, and that the grand jury’s finding would set off renewed — and perhaps still larger — responses of anger, even violence.

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. issued recommendations to law enforcement agencies on Friday aimed at limiting clashes with protesters. And, as Missouri National Guard troops were being called up to assist a unified command of state and local police officers, Mr. Brown’s father, Michael Brown Sr. recorded a public service announcement urging demonstrators to be peaceful.

“Hurting others or destroying property is not the answer,” he said in the videotaped statement. “No matter what the grand jury decides, I do not want my son’s death to be in vain. I want it to lead to incredible change — positive change, change that makes the St. Louis region better for everyone.”

Mr. Holder also called for peaceful protest, but also for restraint from law enforcement officers.

“The Justice Department encourages law enforcement officials, in every jurisdiction, to work with the communities that they serve to minimize needless confrontation,” Mr. Holder said in a videotaped statement. “It is vital to engage in planning and preparation, from evaluating protocols and training to choosing the appropriate equipment and uniforms.”

Separate from the grand jury, the Justice Department is conducting two civil rights inquiries — one into the shooting of Mr. Brown, and another into the Ferguson Police Department and whether it has engaged in a pattern of civil rights violations.

State and local officials have encouraged the Justice Department to announce the results of its inquiry into the shooting at the same time as the announcement of the grand jury’s decision, arguing that, if no charges are filed against Officer Wilson, Mr. Holder’s credibility among African-Americans will reassure people that the decision was a result of a thorough investigation. But Mr. Holder and his top aides have repeatedly refused, saying their investigation was not complete and that rushing to finish it to meet the state’s timeline would be inappropriate.

The F.B.I. has sent several dozen of its personnel to the St. Louis area, according to law enforcement officials. Many of them are uniformed police officers who will be there to protect the bureau’s field office in St. Louis if there are riots or protests.

Specialized computer technicians have been sent to Ferguson to help the police department and the local government fend off attacks from hackers who have pledged to bring down their computer networks. Intelligence analysts are also in the area to help identify anarchists and others who may use the verdict as an excuse to lash out violently.

In his video, Mr. Holder also urged restraint from demonstrators. “Peaceful protest has been a hallmark and a legacy of past movements for change, from patriotic women who demanded access to the franchise, to the civil rights pioneers who marched for equal rights and equal justice,” he said.

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Since the afternoon of Aug. 9, when Mr. Brown was shot at least six times after a confrontation with Officer Wilson, protesters have held demonstrations nearly nightly. In the last few nights, eight people have been arrested during gatherings outside the Ferguson police’s headquarters. On Friday, a handful of people performed a mock lynching across the street from St. Louis’s Old Courthouse as a silent protest of police killings.

The authorities said on Friday that they would abide by a set of “rules of engagement” proposed during talks with demonstrators in recent weeks, though they did not agree to all of the 19 suggested rules.

The police, for instance, agreed that the government should not limit cellular or Internet service and that officers would treat “protesters as citizens and not ‘enemy combatants.’ ” Yet law enforcement officials refused a request to provide 48 hours’ notice of the grand jury announcement, saying that was not their choice to make, and offered qualified agreement to demands to limit the use of riot gear and not to stop reporters or legal observers from working.

“If protesters are nonviolent, police will not be aggressive,” Mayor Francis G. Slay of St. Louis said during a news conference outlining the rules. “When demonstrators are being civilly disobedient, they will in most cases be given a chance to adhere to the law before being arrested. And then, if necessary, they will be arrested in a nonviolent manner.”

Around the region, schools have been preparing for the grand jury’s return, and some have asked that the announcement be made outside of school hours. On Friday, officials in the Jennings School District, southeast of Ferguson, announced that its eight schools would be closed Monday and Tuesday.

Other districts in the region have decided to remain open on Monday and Tuesday, saying it would be premature to close schools when it was still unknown when the grand jury’s decision would be announced. “As of right now, there’s been no change in our schedule,” said Jana Shortt, a spokeswoman for the Ferguson-Florissant School District. “It’s business as usual until we receive something from the prosecutor’s office, some word of an announcement.”