Michael Brown was killed 10 years ago by a Missouri police officer. His family never stopped fighting

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It has been 10 years since Michael Brown, 18, was shot and killed by a Missouri police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, sparking protests and riots that brought public attention to the disproportionate number of fatal encounters between police and Black men across the nation. Darren Wilson, a Ferguson police officer, shot and killed Brown after he claimed that the teenager attacked him and tried to grab his pistol. Michael Brown Sr., at the spot where his son was killed, comforts his wife Cal Brown in 2015 Brown's father, Mike Brown Sr, and his wife, Cal Brown, will walk four and a half miles from the high school where their son had graduated just a few days before his death, and end their journey at the site where he died. Despite pushback to his cause, Mike Brown told St Louis Public Radio that he would never stop fighting to get justice for his son.