What is Shooting of Michael Brown?
The '''shooting of Michael Brown''' took place on August 9, 2014 in [[Ferguson, Missouri]], [[United States]]. Brown was an 18-year-old [[African American]] male who died after he was shot several times by Darren Wilson, a 28-year-old [[white people|white]] [[police officer]]. Several witnesses corroborate the officer’s account of the Michael Brown shooting. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/22/michael-brown-shooting_n_6030220.html|title=Report: Several Black Witnesses Largely Back Up Officer's Account Of Michael Brown Shooting|date=22 October 2014 |publisher=[[Huffington Post]]|accessdate=July 28, 2021}}</ref> Brown did not have [[weapon]]s<ref>{{cite web|title=Vigil Turns Violent|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/missouri-teenager-killed-by-police-after-fight-1407698036|accessdate=August 15, 2014}}</ref> or a [[criminal record]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Brown Had No Criminal Record|publisher=The St. Louis Business Journal|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2014/08/13/michael-brown-had-no-criminal-record.html|accessdate=August 15, 2014}}</ref> There were [[protest]]s and [[riot]]s [[2014 Ferguson unrest|in Ferguson after the shooting]]. There was a lot of [[mass media|media]] coverage in the United States. People have been talking about how Brown being killed relates to [[racism]] in the United States. They have pointed out that most of the police in Ferguson are white, while most of the people who live in Ferguson are African-American. They have also accused the media of being biased against Brown and the people protesting his killing. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], also known as the FBI, opened a [[civil rights]] investigation into the shooting.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/11/fbi-opens-investigation-into-shooting-of-michael-brown/</ref> [[President Obama]], [[Rand Paul]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Al Sharpton]] and [[Bernie Sanders]] released statements about Brown's death. A [[petition]] asking for a