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(1,307 posts) Mon Nov 24, 2014, 06:35 PM Nov 2014

Officer Darren Wilson gets married to fellow Ferguson cop [View all]

Source: NYDaily News

Amid an uncertain future and an impending grand jury decision, Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson married his girlfriend, fellow Ferguson cop Barbara Spradling, last month.

The 28-year-old, awaiting news on whether he will stand trial for fatally shooting unarmed black teen Michael Brown in August, tied the knot Oct. 24 with 37-year-old colleague Spradling, a 10-year veteran of the suburban St. Louis police force.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/officer-darren-wilson-married-fellow-ferguson-article-1.2021745

(This is Darren Wilson's second marriage.)

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Officer Darren Wilson gets married to fellow Ferguson cop [View all] wheniwasincongress Nov 2014 OP

Mazel Tov SoCalMusicLover Nov 2014 #1

I bet they'll move to another state...get married and start a new life SummerSnow Nov 2014 #3

okay ...weird SummerSnow Nov 2014 #2

...and Michael Brown will never be able to experience the same. .. Cooley Hurd Nov 2014 #4

That's a fair age gap. I have so many snarky comments running around in my head, it's MADem Nov 2014 #5

There is nothing wrong with the age gap wheniwasincongress Nov 2014 #7

Why would you think I think women "break down?" Wow, some of the comments here are MADem Nov 2014 #46

Dur your comment about retirement age? wheniwasincongress Nov 2014 #48

Don't you realize that people who work in the "uniformed" professions are often retirement-eligible MADem Nov 2014 #49

Why would you make the joke about the woman's age? Demit Nov 2014 #8

Who is joking? MADem Nov 2014 #45

My girlfriend is 23 Reter Nov 2014 #58

Of course YOU do. You're getting all that youth and beauty. MADem Nov 2014 #62

You're the one who had snarky comments running around in your head. Demit Nov 2014 #60

I WAS thinking about her pension, and his being unable to find work. Justifiably, too. MADem Nov 2014 #61

You know what the other problem is? People who aren't clear. Demit Nov 2014 #64

You're the one who keeps hollering at me. If it's not such a big deal why do you keep MADem Nov 2014 #65

WTF? 840high Nov 2014 #20

What are you confused about? nt MADem Nov 2014 #50

And if he were 37 and she was 29, no one would say a thing Lurks Often Nov 2014 #23

I'd say "He's too YOUNG for her!" MADem Nov 2014 #44

Exactly KinMd Nov 2014 #56

See post 44. nt MADem Nov 2014 #63

My ex-wife was 9 years older JonLP24 Nov 2014 #66

It's not miles (because that, within a decade anyway, is a function of personal health MADem Nov 2014 #68

Our childhoods were very similar JonLP24 Nov 2014 #69

How are you doing these days, post military? MADem Nov 2014 #70

I actually have been to the Phoenix, VA JonLP24 Dec 2014 #71

VA is a mixed bag--when it's good, it's very very good, but when it's bad... MADem Dec 2014 #73

The travel pay fraud is actually commited by the service members JonLP24 Dec 2014 #75

Hell, they should hire you to audit the system! MADem Dec 2014 #76

The "close to retirement" angle is what struck me. haele Dec 2014 #77

If she retires at 40, she's close to retirement! MADem Dec 2014 #78

Life goes on as normal damnedifIknow Nov 2014 #6

seems to be on purpose samsingh Nov 2014 #25

37 is Spring Chicken PeoViejo Nov 2014 #9

maybe a way to move KKK & book & movie rights' funds to her name thus avoiding civil suit. misterhighwasted Nov 2014 #10

A spouse cannot be compelled to testify Ineeda Nov 2014 #11

Absolutely! alcina Nov 2014 #12

That is true Ineeda. Wilson has been carefully guided through the whaty if's misterhighwasted Nov 2014 #13

Wilson has been given an enormous coddlling advantage from day one. misterhighwasted Nov 2014 #14

That Was The First Thought I Had And You Beat Me To Posting It..... global1 Nov 2014 #16

I thought that it ruled out any communications prior to the marriage. VenusRising Nov 2014 #19

Two different immunities. Geoff R. Casavant Nov 2014 #35

Oh, okay. VenusRising Nov 2014 #38

Exactly..so if anyone 's at odd with their spouse.. KinMd Nov 2014 #57

That was my thought as well. blackspade Nov 2014 #32

Transfer of Assets nuptials? Earth_First Nov 2014 #15

How is this any any way LBN? savalez Nov 2014 #17

News of his marriage wheniwasincongress Nov 2014 #22

Apparently he does not think he'll have to go on trial. Third Doctor Nov 2014 #18

there is nothing uncertain heaven05 Nov 2014 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #24

It isn't gossip, it's confirmed wheniwasincongress Nov 2014 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #30

You're missing the point wheniwasincongress Nov 2014 #37

Unfortunately, Michael Brown will never be able to Cleita Nov 2014 #26

and the young man he killed will never be married Lint Head Nov 2014 #27

So far this has turned out to be a pretty good year for Wilson Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #29

Could be a way of preventing her from..... blackspade Nov 2014 #31

Whoop, there it is. nt MADem Nov 2014 #47

Unless she was at the scene of the shooting while it happened KinMd Nov 2014 #55

Unless he confided to her JonLP24 Nov 2014 #67

What do you bet . . . OldRedneck Nov 2014 #33

Will the newly couple mainstreetonce Nov 2014 #34

I wondered who'd marry him - LiberalElite Nov 2014 #36

Nice comment Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #39

Guess away because you have no idea about my mind nt LiberalElite Nov 2014 #40

No I don't Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #52

Two bloated pensions draining tax payers. Dawson Leery Nov 2014 #41

LIVE inside coverage of what's going on RIGHT NOW in Ferguson, MO Luxadvector Nov 2014 #42

No Bankers died in the incident... nikto Nov 2014 #43

Gross. Darb Nov 2014 #51

Congrats IronLionZion Nov 2014 #53

What is this, the Social Register? WTH cares? WinkyDink Nov 2014 #54

Wonder how long VA_Jill Nov 2014 #59

George Zimmerman's Estranged Wife: ''He's Like A Ticking Time Bomb'' DeSwiss Dec 2014 #72

The only aspect of this that is news, is the fact that Darren Wilson's life will go on. Michael AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #74

Run Barbara RUN! irisblue Dec 2014 #79