re: MO Governer Nixon declares state of emergency ahead of GJ decision.

The Justice Dept. civil rights portion of the investigation has to be just about finished by now. If so, that announcement should be made at the very same time as the Grand jury decision. (1) If Justice does decide to proceed against either the officer the Ferguson P.D. (or both), while the grand jury comes back with no true bill, simultaneously announcing the Justice decision could offset some of the intensity of the street reactions. (2) If Justice determines that no civil rights violations occurred, better to get both pieces of "bad news" for the protestors out there at one time and get it over with, even though the initial intensity of the reaction might be greater. Otherwise, the demonstrations will continue until Justice announces its decision and then re-intensify all over again.