After the police shot and killed her firstborn son, Lezley McSpadden was left trying to hold things together while the world turned her family's private tragedy into a public battleground. This series reveals the untold story behind the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014. It’s a family portrait filled with loss, grief, and one mother’s enduring strength. Episode 1 is out May 27, wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: What happened on August 9th, 2014?
On August 9th, 2014, a police officer shot and killed Michael Brown on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Missouri. You heard the chants echo through the streets. You saw the headlines.
Chapter 2: How did Michael Brown's death impact the community?
Growing outrage tonight after an unarmed African-American teenager was shot and killed by police in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri.
Canfield is a torture site. Canfield is like ground zero for me.
Chapter 3: Who was Michael Brown to his family?
Chapter 4: What does fighting for justice look like?
It's like the phoenix rising from the ashes because she took on this fight and she's still going to this day fighting to get justice for Michael.
On August 9th, 2014, a police officer shot and killed Michael Brown on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Missouri. You heard the chants echo through the streets. You saw the headlines.
Growing outrage tonight after an unarmed African-American teenager was shot and killed by police in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri.
Canfield is a torture site. Canfield is like ground zero for me.
Michael Brown's name was called out in protests around the world, in the White House, on TV, and plastered on social media. But to his family, he was Mike Mike. Mike Mike was definitely the comedian. Like, he would crack jokes.
He was a very curious kid who just wanted to learn more.
He had a great sense of humor, man. He was funny.
Thousands of people went to his funeral, but only one person was with him from the very beginning, from the day he was born. His mother, Leslie McSpadden.
I'm still Mike's mom right now. Once you're a mother, you never forget how to mother.
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