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BROWN... THE UNARMED BLACK TEEN
SHOT AND KILLED AFTER
A CONFRONTATION WITH A FERGUSON
POLICE OFFICER EARLIER THIS
MONTH. FOLLOWING THE FUNERAL AT
A ST. LOUIS CHURCH, A
PROCESSION TOOK PLACE TO A
CEMETERY WHERE MICHAEL BROWN
WAS LAID TO REST.
ON A CAMPUS OF STUDENTS WHO SAY
THEY IDENTIFY WITH
18-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL BROWN... A
MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE
TRAGIC LOSS.
AS THE TEEN'S FAMILY LAID HIM TO
REST... DILLARD
UNIVERSITY PAUSED TO PRAY FOR
PEACE. WDSU'S CASEY
FERRAND SHOWS US WHY FOR ONE
STUDENT... THIS WAS A CHANCE TO
JOIN WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN
MISSOURI.
on the first day of classes here
at Dillard University, students
gathered at the flag pole
praying for peace in
honor of mike brown, an 18 year
old who will not have the chance
to go to college. 10
we pray for the families and the
children who have been slain by
gun violence. A sound that's
heard in every city. A SOUND
THAT'S HEARD LOUDLY IN FERGUSON,
MISSOURI...
WHICH IS ONLY MILES AWAY FROM
THE SUBURB WHERE DILLARD
SENIOR QUENTIN WORTH GREW UP. HE
LEFT HOME TO RETURN TO
CAMPUS THE DAY MICHAEL BROWN WAS
SHOT AND KILLED BY AN
OFFICER. I felt it here because
I have younger siblings and they
have to grow up amongst this
type of police brutality and
things of that nature also I've
had to look back on my
past experiences with police in
St. Louis. HE'S ONLY BEEN ABLE
TO WATCH THE UNREST AND VIOLENCE
FROM
AFAR... KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH
FAMILY THROUGH HOURLY PHONE
CALLS. I couldn't do much from
here but my family is out there
protesting and I'm worried HE
SAYS HE'S SEEN THE TENSION
BETWEEN POLICE AND
YOUNG MEN IN ST. LOUIS GROW IN
RECENT YEARS... HE WAS EVEN
PULLED OVER BY POLICE THIS
SUMMER.
it's just a lot that goes into
the aggression between the young
males and the police. It's a lot
of division between
the two sides. MONDAY, QUENTIN
JOINED WITH STUDENTS AT
DILLARD...
hands up, don't shoot. Hands up
don't shoot AS THEY CALL FOR
JUSTCE AND PRAY FOR PEACE.
we shall overcome the activities
that have been occuring haven't
been I assume what the family
would want. All the riots
going on in ferguson. We don't
need that we need a time of
peace. We need a time for
justice. We need a
time for accountability. ON A
CAMPUS OF MOSTLY BLACK
STUDENTS... THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT ON ANY
DAY... FERGUSON
MISSOURI COULD EASILY BE NEW
ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
as a black male we are labeled,
and it frightens me sometimes
but you just have to be
motivated, you have to
pray, you have to remain calm
and just do the right thing.
officials say there are about
12-hundred students here, 30
percent of them are black men.
On your side Casey
Ferrand WDSU News. 08