Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr., the parents of Michael Brown, appear at a news conference in Washington on Sept. 25. He added that it provided a reasonable amount for attorney fees and expenses, and said the split between Brown’s parents was proper. The parents of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by a white police officer, talk about their son and the pain of losing a child. (Reuters)Brown’s parents, Michael Brown Sr. and Lesley McSpadden, sued the city of Ferguson, Wilson and former Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson in May 2015. Police officers are rarely prosecuted in fatal shootings, but wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits by family members are common.

Source: Washington Post June 21, 2017 06:14 UTC