Turning grief into change, anger into action. Michael Brown’s mother, Lezley McSpadden, announces she is running for Ferguson (Missouri) city council saying, “I learned to walk again, and this is one of my first steps.”
“McSpadden made the announcement four years after her son was shot and killed by a white police officer in 2014, an incident that triggered mass protests across the country and served as a major catalyst for the Black Lives Matter movement.”
“The announcement comes just three days after Bob McCulloch, the seven-term prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County who handled the Brown investigation, lost a primary challenge to a black Ferguson councilman.”
McSpadden says three of her main focuses will be:
- Community policing
- Economic Equality
- Access to healthcare for all young children and everyday people
She says she also wants to work on rebuilding the bridge between the community and the police.
Watch what else she said above.