Peaceful protests have resumed in Ferguson, Missouri, after the funeral of 18-year-old Michael Brown. The unarmed black teen was shot dead by police on August 9. Demonstrators in St. Louis demanded justice for both Brown and Kajieme Powell, an African-American man shot dead by St. Louis police 10 days after Brown. Police say Powell brandished a knife within four feet of officers, but video calls their account into question and shows he was shot within 20 seconds of the officers’ arrival. At a rally Tuesday, community activist Taurean Russell said he had spoken with Brown’s father.
Taurean Russell: “I talked to the father (Michael Brown Sr.) today. He said that the pursuit of justice does not end with a funeral, it begins with the funeral, because people saw that body, they heard the cries, the mother was crying, and they said, 'Keep going.' So I’m going to keep going.”