Ferguson, one year later

Anthony Gray, a Brown family attorney pressing a wrongful-death lawsuit against Ferguson, Wilson and his former police chief, suggested that justice will be served on Michael Brown’s behalf. Another incident where the back window of a police vehicle was broken in a parking lot was determined to be unrelated. It wasn’t clear if anything was taken, and there was no indication the damage was related to the demonstration.

The anniversary also has sparked renewed protests, though ones much smaller than those a year ago.

The head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the country’s oldest civil rights group, called the pace of legislative change “glacial”.

About six shots were heard as 300 people made their way to a church on the outskirts of Ferguson as part of events to mark the death of Brown.

Michael Brown Sr., (R) father of Michael Brown killed by a Ferguson police officer in 2014, and othe …

In March, a justice department investigation found evidence of widespread racial bias in the Ferguson police department. Canfield Drive is where Brown, who was black and unarmed, was killed by Ferguson officer Darren Wilson on August. 9, 2014.

Police reportedly arrested at least one Ferguson protester in New York City.

Outrage over the deaths of Brown and a series of other black Americans at the hands of police in the past year has been channelled into a sustained nationwide movement with the social media hashtag #Blacklivesmatter becoming its rallying cry across the country. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a man was shot in the ankle.

A pair of Madison women who traveled to Ferguson, Missouri in the wake of the fatal, officer-involved of Michael Brown are reflecting on their experience.

Mr Brown Sr also led a parade of several hundred people on Saturday.

His father, Michael Brown Sr., admitted to the crowd the pain hasn’t eased. Hundreds of people followed behind them, a diverse crowd that ranged the spectrum.

Members of the hip-hop community paid their respects to Michael Brown on the one-year anniversary of his death in Ferguson, Mo., on Sunday, August 9.

They observed four-and-a-half minutes of silence at midday to represent the roughly four-and-a-half hours the 18-year-old’s body lay in the middle of the street after he was shot.

When officer Brad Miller and his partner entered the dealership, Taylor, who was caught on the private surveillance cameras, was allegedly jumping on parked cars before he was ultimately shot.