Claim: A UN official lambasted the "entitlement" of the parents of slain Ferguson, Missouri, teen Mike Brown after they addressed the United Nations Committee Against Torture.
Example: [Collected via email, November 2014]
Mike Brown's parents testified at UN: TRUE.
This was the outcome? It seems ridiculous, even if they somehow disagreed, that they would speak in such a destructive way. This can't be real.
Origins: On
The Brown's are requesting officer Wilson's immediate arrest and calling for an end to the perceived racial profiling in America.
Parents Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr of the late Michael Brown have taken their plight with the Ferguson PD all the way to the U.N.; A gesture which appears to have been in vain. Brown was killed after allegedly reaching for officer Darren Wilson's pistol during a suspected strong-armed robbery arrest in Ferguson, MO. On Tuesday, the couple met with the United Nation's Committee Against Torture and asked that they look into what they consider to be a grievous case of police brutality.
The article included a purported quote from "chair member, Dr. Amancio Dominguez" on the supposedly rejected plea:
He continued, "While I feel for loss endured by these two individuals, I believe they are blinded by grief, and this is simply not the forum which to project those feelings. My colleagues and I went over the surveillance footage, as well as other evidence documented in the case, and we believe that Michael Brown is indeed guilty of the acts of which he is being charged."
"The sense of entitlement these people displayed is reprehensible" said chair member,
Brown, who died in August 2014 following a confrontation with Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, was not charged (in a legal sense) with any crime. While his parents did testify before the U.N. Committee Against Torture on
Moreover, National Report is a fake news site known for publishing
Last updated: 12 November 2014
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