On the night Ferguson authorities announced that police officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted for shooting Michael Brown, the boy’s stepfather Louis Head was heard repeatedly making heated statements, including “Burn this b***h down,” and “F*** the police.” He has now apologized for his controversial and inflammatory remarks, but says giving him the blame for conditions in Ferguson after the grand jury made their decision goes “way too far,” and is just “as wrong as the decision itself.”

Ferguson police are investigating whether Head was deliberately trying to incite rioting. When news of the grand jury’s decision reached the St. Louis suburb, Brown’s stepfather stepped onto a platform above the crowds gathered in front of the Ferguson Police Department, hugged his wife, then turned to the demonstrators and began shouting. No charges have been filed against Head, but he is one of the people being looked at in an ongoing investigation surrounding the looting, arson and rioting that occurred after the verdict was announced.

Lesley McSpadden, Head’s wife and the mother of Michael Brown, has defended her husband’s actions, saying that it is impossible that his words were responsible for the violence that occurred, as those things have been happening since the shooting occurred on Aug. 9. She said that he spoke out of anger, but did not act. He was hurt, and felt the system had done wrong.

Benjamin Crump, the Brown family attorney, called Head’s remarks inappropriate and indefensible but asked that the public not condemn the family for what he calls being human. Crump recently told CNN to remember that McSpadden and Head have repeatedly asked protesters to remain peaceful.

Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and others have called for Head’s arrest for inciting to riot. However, CNN law enforcement analyst Tom Fuentes says it is not likely to be a case that prosecutors would pursue, saying it would be difficult to prove that anyone heard him in the midst of the noise and then went and committed a violent act because of it. He said that it is likely that most people who were gathered had already decided to act.

Violence has continued in Ferguson in the week since the grand jury’s decision was announced. On Tuesday the FBI arrested a man in Kirkland, Wash., for making threats to kill Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot Michael Brown.  The man, Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar, made numerous threats on his Facebook page against Wilson and his family. On Nov. 24, after posting a news article on his page about the grand jury decision, he commented “Ready to go and kill some cops,” and “We need to kill this white motha f***** and anything that has a badge on.” Abdul-Jabbaar faces up to five years in prison, charged with three counts of making interstate threats.Wilson resigned from the police force this week, citing concerns for the safety of officers who had to work with him.

In another incident early Sunday morning, a Bosnian man named Zemir Begic was beaten to death with hammers on a St. Louis city street by teens. Three teens have been arrested so far. The attack did not appear to be racially motivated. National Guard troops are still supporting law enforcement agencies in Ferguson, although they are beginning to scale back their operations in the area.