CHUD Training Manual

A week after graduating high school, Mike Brown was murdered by police officer Darren Wilson. His murder sparked the Black Lives Matter movement in Ferguson, MO and nationwide, and his family and supporters brought national attention to how police laws exist for arbitrary killings based on the racist notions of officers. Officer Wilson was not charged with any crime then, and after an investigation in July, 2020, he was still relieved of any charge. 

Democrat mayors and governors nationwide responded to protests with increased police force and military presence. President Obama and news media called protesters “thugs,” and lumped incidents of property destruction with all BLM protesters to deflect from their demands for police accountability. 

Police used Mike Brown’s size and race against him and lied about attacks. An investigation found that Officer Wilson had fired 10 shots into a non-moving person, 6 of which hit Mike Brown, only from the front. Eye-witnesses said that Mike Brown yelled “Hands up don’t shoot” before Wilson shot, but the FBI has denied it. Wilson had a minor bruise on his jaw. Amnesty International sent observers to the US for the first time, and their report cited human rights abuses, including the use of lethal force in Brown’s death, racial discrimination and excessive use of police force, imposition of restrictions on the rights to protest, intimidation of protesters, the use of tear gas, rubber bullets, and long range acoustic devices, restrictions imposed on the media covering the protests, and lack of accountability for law enforcement policing protests (x).

6 years later and the government hasn’t changed, but the people have. 

Michael O.D. Brown Jr. May 20, 1996 – August 9, 2014