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The grand jury's decision to not indict Darren Wilson is one that's been awaited across the country, including in Louisville. New images released of Darren Wilson following Michael Brown shootingA group of people who were hoping for a different outcome plan to meet for a peaceful protest at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Louisville Metro Police headquarters.Mobile videoThe Louisville group also believes there are issues of police brutality and racial profiling across the country.While there was some violence in Ferguson as protesters took to the streets, the group meeting at LMPD headquarters has highlighted the fact that they have a peaceful message. They think the issue is what they refer to as "militarization of the Ferguson police force." "It has been interesting when you look locally and around the country at how some folk in positions of leadership are preparing if there was no indictment on how specifically black people would react in their localities, which I think most black people would see as an insult because it is very clear people would think we would react in some kind of animalistic and riotus way," said University of Louisville Pan-African chair Dr. Ricky Jones."Some people think that in planning for the worst in this, they were expecting the worst, but in my world, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. There's nothing wrong with taking precautions that way everyone gets to go home safely," said former LMPD officer Ray Barker, who now works with Man-Up.Barker said he believes the real issue is not one of police brutality, rather violence, in general. He said the issue of education should be the focus. Man-Up has been in talks with people in Ferguson to start a chapter there and work toward some change.