Now that the Department of Justice has announced that it will not seek charges against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, Michael Brown’s family will file a civil wrongful death lawsuit, according to the family’s lawyer.
Anthony Gray, the Brown family’s lawyer, said on Thursday morning that he would be filing a lawsuit “shortly.”
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that there was not enough evidence to disprove Wilson’s testimony that he acted in self-defense, but the DOJ did allege a pattern of racial bias and violations of Constitutional rights in the Ferguson Police Department.
In a Wednesday statement, Brown’s parents, Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr., said they were disappointed by the Justice Department’s decision not to prosecute Wilson.
“While we are saddened by this decision, we are encouraged that the DOJ will hold the Ferguson Police Department accountable for the pattern of racial bias and profiling they found in their handling of interactions with people of color,” they said. “It is our hope that through this action, true change will come not only in Ferguson, but around the country. If that change happens, our son’s death will not have been in vain.”
