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November 13, 2014

Michael Brown Family Testifies at United Nations; Grand Jury to Hear from Forensic Pathologist 
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The news comes as the family of Michael Brown appears before a U.N.
panel in Geneva investigating the U.S. record on torture. Brown family
attorney Daryl Parks called for reforming U.S. law enforcement toward
community policing.

Daryl Parks: "Our call today is that we ought to cry out and say that
Michael Brown Jr. deserves justice, number one; number two, that Michael
Brown Jr.'s life mattered — that's the call.; and number three,
that there has to be something done as relates to policing in our
country, a serious look at it. And I think that process is starting, and
I want to encourage our government to make a stance that they continue
to be very pro for proper community policing, and maybe a proper
community police commission, to make sure that we have the proper things
that take place in our communities."

Meanwhile in Missouri, the grand jury in the Brown case will hear
testimony today from the forensic pathologist who performed a private
autopsy on the teenager's body. The autopsy by Michael Baden found that
Brown was shot at least six times, including twice in the head.

 

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