Michael Brown’s Family: Officer Darren Wilson ‘Always Knew’ He’d Get Away With Murder
According to the family of Michael Brown, the Ferguson teenager who was shot dead at close range by officer Darren Wilson back in August, their son’s killer “always knew” he would get away with the killing and displayed “brazen confidence.”
Brown’s parents, Michael Brown Sr. and Leslie McSpadden, who are due to appear before the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva, regarding the shooting of their son, also claimed that Brown, who was unarmed at the time he was shot, was treated as “less than human.”
The bereaved parents also called on Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson to step down as, according to them, his department has targeted black people in a “predatory and degrading manner.”
Currently, a grand jury is deciding whether or not to indict Darren Wilson, although the New York Times, as well as other publications, have reported that the officer will not be prosecuted which will likely lead to more violence and rioting in Ferguson.
Mail Online, who saw a copy of the report that Michael Brown’s parents plan to present in Geneva on Monday, reported an excerpt from it.
“Given the history of racial tensions in the city of Ferguson, this particularly disrespectful treatment of Brown’s body and callous disregard for the trauma it could cause Ferguson residents repeated and reinforced the longstanding degrading treatment of black racial minorities by an overwhelmingly white police force. Not only did the abandonment of the body convey to residents that the police officer regarded the black youth as less than human, but it also illustrated the officer’s brazen confidence that he would not be punished for such unwarranted violence.”
Obviously, in the report, Brown’s family are calling for the arrest of Darren Wilson, who is reportedly hiding at an unknown location, pending the forthcoming grand jury decision.
Brown’s parents’ trip to Geneva is being sponsored by the U.S. Human Rights Network, a nonprofit organization. Accordingly, the “goal of this trip is not only to achieve justice in Ferguson, but is intended to unite governments around the world against the human rights violations that result from racial profiling and police violence.”
