This story first appeared on statehornet.com on Oct. 21, 2016:
“I went to a place you probably would never, ever see.”
Michael Brown Sr. said that’s all he can remember about the moment when he found out that his son, Michael Brown Jr., had been killed by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, 2014.
“I felt like I went in a tunnel because I was shocked when I got the call and from right then and on I couldn’t remember nothing,” he said.
Brown spoke about his son’s death — which shook the conscience of America and brought the Black Lives Matter movement to worldwide attention — at a lecture in Sacramento State’s University Union on Thursday.
Brown is touring colleges nationwide to bring attention to the Michael Brown Chosen For Change Foundation, which Brown said seeks to help struggling families.
“The reason we have our foundation is supporting families and supporting black families, supporting children, just building homes and building our communities back up,” Brown said. “Trying to love one another. We are lacking in that.”
On Aug. 9, 2014, Officer Darren Wilson encountered Michael Brown Jr. and a friend, noticing that the two fit the descriptions of suspects in a convenience store robbery earlier that day.
According to a 2015 report from the U.S. Department of Justice, a physical altercation took place between Brown and Wilson in which Brown attempted to grab Wilson’s firearm.
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John Ferrannini 