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Nov 25, 2014 · (Scott Olson / Getty Images) By Matt Pearce Staff Writer. Nov. 24, 2014 6:29 PM PT. St. Louis County officials announced Monday night that a grand jury had declined to indict Ferguson, Mo., Police...
Aug 8, 2019 · FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — On Aug. 9, 2014, Michael Brown and a friend were walking in the middle of Canfield Drive, a two-lane street in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, when a police officer drove by and told them to use the sidewalk. After words were exchanged, the white officer confronted the 18-year-old Brown, who was black.
Aug 13, 2014 · Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed on Aug. 9, 2014, by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, in Ferguson, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. The shooting prompted...
- What Happened?
- Who Was The Officer Involved?
- Who Was Michael Brown?
- What Has The Reaction Been?
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Brown was walking down the street with a friend when he was shot to death by a Ferguson police officer on Saturday afternoon, all parties acknowledge, but the facts surrounding his killing are hazy. The friend, Dorian Johnson, 22, told msnbc the officer drove up to themand told them to "get the f--k on the sidewalk" and then braked in front of Brow...
Police have not identified the name or race of the officer in the shooting, despite protesters' calls for his identity to be made public. On Tuesday, a police spokesman cited safety reasons for not disclosing the information, saying threats had been made on social media to the officer. Witnesses have said it was a white policeman; Brown was black. ...
Brown, nicknamed "Big Mike" by friends, was two days away from his first day at a technical college. His father, Michael Brown Sr., told the Associated Press his son was "funny, silly, he would make you laugh." The teen had just graduated from high school on Aug. 1, using the summer to finish the last credits he needed. Neighbors and friends say he...
The case immediately drew parallels to the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black Florida teen shot to death by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. In Ferguson, tensions boiled over: On Sunday night, the city was overrun by riots and looting. About three dozen people were arrested, and one convenience store was burned almost to ...
The St. Louis County Police Department is in charge of the investigation, and the FBI is doing a separate investigation to look into potential civil rights violations. No timeline for the investigation has been declared. The Ferguson police chief has said it will not release the name of the officer involved in the shooting unless charges are filed ...
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Deaths. Michael Brown. Non-fatal injuries. Darren Wilson. Charges. None. Litigation. Wrongful death lawsuit settled for undisclosed amount. On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.
Jul 30, 2020 · July 30, 2020. Six years after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, a Black teenager, in Ferguson, Mo., another investigation into the killing has come to the same conclusion...
Nov 25, 2014 · Nation Nov 25, 2014 7:43 PM EDT. In the grand jury case against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, the prosecution revealed that physical evidence weighed in Wilson’s favor and that he had not...
