SOME ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS PROTEST THE FERGUSON, MISSOURI, GRAND JURY'S DECISION TO NOT INDICT A WHITE POLICE OFFICER FOR LAST SUMMER'S SHOOTING DEATH OF AN UNARMED BLACK TEENAGER. THEY GATHERED ON CENTRAL AVENUE MONDAY, MAINTAINING SILENCE FOR 4-AND-A-HALF MINUTES TO REPRESENT THE 4-AND-A-HALF HOURS MICHAEL BROWN'S FAMILY SAYS HE LIE IN THE STREETS AFTER BEING SHOT.
PROTESTERS ALSO PLAN TO DEMONSTRATE AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT. THEY BE AT CENTRAL AND SAN MATEO STARTING AT 6PM. IT'LL INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE ANSWER COALITION. APD'S TANNER TIXIER TELLS 770 KKOB THEY'RE TEAMING UP WITH THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, STATE POLICE, UNM POLICE, THE FBI AND HOMELAND SECURITY TO ENSURE THE PROTEST IS PEACEFUL. TIXIER SAYS THEY EXPECT ABOUT 50 PEOPLE, POSSIBLY MORE.
