Families want investigations into police deaths
Source: AP-Excite
By JESSE J. HOLLAND
WASHINGTON (AP) — The parents of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two black men who died in encounters with white police officers, joined with civil rights leaders on Thursday to call for a full federal investigation and charges against those involved in their deaths.
"I'm here to make sure that this doesn't happen to anyone else's family," said Brown's father, Michael Brown Sr., who stood with leaders from the National Urban League, the National Action Network, the Black Women's Roundtable and the NAACP at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington.
News of Attorney General Eric Holder's upcoming resignation became public as they spoke, and some of the leaders were uncertain how that development might affect the prospects for a federal investigation.
"There's a lot for us to calculate," said the Rev. Al Sharpton, who expressed hope that Holder would announce full federal investigations into the deaths before he leaves office.
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In this image from video the parents of Michael Brown, Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown, Sr., speak at a news conference with civil rights leaders at the National Press Club Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 in Washington. Brown's parents were joined by Eric Garner's mother in calling for full federal investigations into the death of their sons, two unarmed black men who died in police encounters. (AP Photo/AP Video)
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