re: Ferguson protests grow larger

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The grand jury consists of six white men, three white women, two black women and one black man. Nine votes are needed to indict.

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the racial makeup of the grand jury is similar to the racial breakdown of St. Louis County, which is about 24 percent black and about 68 percent white.

The ages and hometowns of the jurors weren't released. A judge is expected to consider Monday whether to make that information public.

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