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Michael Brown’s Parents Appeal to U.N. Panel on Torture

HeadlineNov 12, 2014

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s announcement on the National Guard comes as Michael Brown’s parents have taken their case to the United Nations in Geneva. Michael Brown Sr. and Lesley McSpadden have been accompanied by a group of Ferguson activists to testify before the United Nations Committee Against Torture. On Tuesday, they asked the committee to end discriminatory U.S. policing tactics, including racial profiling, and investigate the targeting of communities of color.

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