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Ten Years Later, Mike Brown Case Propels U.S. Police Brutality to International Stage

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Ten Years Later, Mike Brown Case Propels U.S. Police Brutality to International Stage

10 years after Michael Brown’s death, his family appears before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights for an international law hearing.

By DaQuan Lawrence, The Afro, Word In Black
Photo, This image is from the protests surrounding the Shooting of Michael Brown and other related events. It was taken in New York City. Credit: Bertram Kreuter/Wikimedia Commons.

Aug. 9 marks 10 years since the shooting death of Michael Brown, a teenager shot by former police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. 

The death sent shockwaves through the community, with protests sparking all around the country in 2014. 

Last month, on July 10, the Brown family appeared before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) for a first-of-its-kind international law hearing on Brown’s case. The virtual hearing featured testimony from Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden, as well as attorneys and activists from the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.

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