The 2015 wrongful death civil lawsuit filed by the parents of Michael Brown has been settled in secret. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that they were suing the city of Ferguson, former Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson and former police Officer Darren Wilson. Michael Brown, Sr. and Lesley McSpadden will be splitting the compensation. RELEASE OF CASTILE SLAYING VIDEO SHOCKS, ANGERS MANY ANEWTheir lawsuit says that a police culture of pervasive hostility toward African-Americans led to the death of Michael Brown on August 9, 2014. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the settlement may be for less than $3 million.

Source: Fox News June 21, 2017 04:52 UTC