And what a MARVELOUS choice of the time to announce the Ferguson Grand Jury decision!

[Droning Predator]

Were they hoping for a violent reaction?

[SoCalMusicLover]

1. Makes Ya Wonder n/t

[blkmusclmachine]

2. I think so.

[AnalystInParadise]

3. How does the time matter?

n/t

[Droning Predator]

9. Think "of day"

Or, more accurately, "of night." 9:15 PM

[Quixote1818]

4. Agreed, Sunday morning would have been the best time.

Or pretty much anytime in the morning as opposed to late at night.

[postulater]

5. Right during Monday Night Football?

What are you talking about?

[shenmue]

6. Yep

[bigwillq]

7. So, if it were a Tuesday morning

there wouldn't be violent protests?

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. That's what I don't understand. There was never a good time for this decision.

[VanillaRhapsody]

8. they just wanted to be able to leave town for the holiday after this shit blew up...thats

why it took till today.

[L0oniX]

10. We can't be having press copters over head taking ...OMG ...videos.

[AnalystInParadise]

15. It makes perfect sense

In the daytime, you have a lot of work commuters, kids in school, tourists out and about, commercial and economic activity that is significantly higher than at night time. At night there are a lot less people in the area other than those who live immediately nearby.

We did the same thing when I was in Iraq. We did our raids at night because the traffic was a lot less. We would roll out to the targets house after 2100 because no traffic, most businesses were closed and the targets and their families were almost definitely home when we rolled up on them.

You might not like the timing, but it makes a certain amount of sense.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

11. If it bleeds it leads.

[Derek V]

17. Well guess what?

Our country is leading. A lot. In fact, it's leading to death.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

19. No kidding?

[Derek V]

20. Does your question mark denote sarcasm?

I hope not, because Asimov is my all-time favorite writer, fiction or non!

[3catwoman3]

12. My very first thought...

...upon hearing that this decision was going to be released at night was "What the hell for? Are people hoping for a riot?" To do this in the dark of night seems to be phenomenally bad timing - everything is harder to discern at night. More excuses for people getting shot when nobody can tell what the hell is going on BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE!

[haele]

14. Makes sense strategically.

After dinner, most people who wouldn't be protesting would be at home; school night, young kids would be home (hopefully) doing homework...All the "Good, Honest Folks" will be home getting ready to turn in at night and won't be out doing naughty things like protesting a perfectly legal grand jury finding like all those angry people from that side of town that just don't know any better because they believe all those liberal lies...

And then, of course, there's a cover of darkness and the odd light effects from streetlights that will allow any Klansman with a mask be harder to identify if maybe they want to incite a little riot. And of course, no one will be able to identify the police officer that might have shot at them.
Or maybe the whole Ferguson situation is just a problem with a bunch of riled-up thugs out shooting they can't just hang out and steal cigarillos whenever they want... again

I heard some dipshit teabagger at work actually make similar statements to that effect today...sans the cover of darkness and the Klansman, of course. White people don't riot in his tiny white world. As he said, all un-thinking - "They don't have to..."

Haele

[Manifestor_of_Light]

16. Rachel Maddow commented on the oddness of the press conference at night.

When the PTB had told the protesters to stay home AT NIGHT and only come out in the daytime.

[Calista241]

18. During the day, you're likely to have more people about running errands and such.

They're more likely to get caught up in the conflict. By doing it at night, they were probably trying to limit the amount of 'innocent' people or non-involved people about.

I guess that's what they were thinking. Maybe.

[Cleita]

21. I know. Why didn't they do it in the morning like around nine or ten?

Many people would be at work and any demonstrations during the day would probably have been more peaceful in daylight. Doing it after dark seemed like they were poking the bear IMHO. I thought about it while we were waiting but said nothing because no one else seemed to be on the same page.

[Droning Predator]

23. That would make too much sense, though

And sense is the last thing Bob McCulloch and The Powers That Be want to promote.

[Blue_Tires]

24. Please....The news channels would lose a golden primetime ratings number...

They wanted to make sure the whole nation saw this shit...Especially after all those predictions of violence in the preceding weeks...Even people who could care less about Brown or Wilson turned to CNN just to see the trainwreck...

[MrMickeysMom]

22. I believe they or someone was...

It's as if there is a faction in this country, probably driven by the likes of hate radio (Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, Palin) to "do it"…

As you say… marvelous...

[TygrBright]

25. Short answer: Yes. n/t