Protests at Michael Brown memorial expected in Ferguson
Protests are scheduled to take place at the memorial of African-American teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri at 6 pm on Wednesday, Lou Downey, a spokesperson from the organization leading the protests told Sputnik.
“In Ferguson, tonight we call for a protest at the memorial of Mike Brown to protest this Department of Justice decision to not prosecute Darren Wilson,” Stop Mass Incarceration Network spokesperson Lou Downey told Sputnik on Wednesday ahead of the protests.
The protest is organized in response to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) decision earlier on Wednesday to clear Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot Brown on August 9, 2014, of US federal criminal civil rights charges.
“This [DOJ] decision is a slap in the face to Mike Brown’s family and all those people who have stood up to justice,” Downey said. “It acts to white wash and justify the brutal murder of Mike Brown.”