Some members of the Black Lives Matter movement tried to profit off the death of Michael Brown, according to his father.
Michael Brown, Sr. reaffirmed his opposition to the Black Lives
Matter movement while speaking at Chattanooga State Community college
Wednesday, reports the Times Free Press.
While some members of the Black Lives Matter movement had good
intentions, Brown Sr. said that he saw some of them try to gain from his
son’s death.
“I call them thieves in the night,” Brown Sr. told those gathered.
Officer Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown Aug. 9, 2014. Department of
Justice officials, along with prosecutors, determined that despite that
“hands up, don’t shoot” narrative, Brown tried to grab Wilson’s gun.
Wilson shot after Brown tried to charge him. (RELATED:Michael Brown’s Family To File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Ferguson)
Black Lives Matter
demonstrators marched through the streets, chanting, “no justice, no
peace” and, “hands up, don’t shoot.” Some of the protests turned
violent, with police launching tear gas at protesters who refused to
move. Rioters responded by throwing Molovtov cocktails at officers.
Brown Sr. also criticized the riots, saying that they took the focus off of the loss he and the community felt after losing Brown.
“And when people start rioting and doing all this other stuff they
got off focus of the death of my son and started focusing on the
negativity, so that overpowered the loss that we went through as far as
parents and in the community,” Brown Sr. said, speaking at East
Tennessee State University Tuesday.