Talk:Killing of Michael Brown

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Correction to Witness Accounts

Dear mighty gatekeepers of free information, I appreciate what you do (and I do send $ not just lip service). The first sentence of the second paragraph of the sub topic Witness Accounts has the word probably spelled as "provably". Can this be corrected? If not, I suggest providing the remark (sic), the Latin indication of "thus" it was written? Your call. Thanks for all you do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccgleason (talk • contribs) 00:52, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

"Provably" is correct. It's a direct quote from [1]. clpo13_(talk) 01:05, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Change name to “Killing of Michael Brown”

The title “Shooting of Michael Brown” directly contradicts Wikipedia:Naming conventions (violence and deaths), as “shooting” is for non-fatal incidents. The name should be changed from “Shooting of Michael Brown” to “Killing of Michael Brown”. TheXuitts (talk) 18:20, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

There was just a no consensus move request for this closed one month ago. If you have good justification though, you might be able to open a new one. ––FormalDude talk 18:38, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Event Type

It incorrectly lists Homicide. It wasn't, as proven by the investigation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.236.174.11 (talk) 16:31, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Read the definition of homicide. That's exactly what it was. Lard Almighty (talk) 16:57, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Correction on his Name

He is not Michael Brown "Jr" per the book “Tell The Truth & Shame the Devil: The Life, Legacy, And Love of My Son Michael Brown” by Lezley McSpadden ( with Lyah Beth LeFlore). Lezley McSpadden is the mother of Michael Orlandus Darrion Brown. In the introduction of this book, McSpadden writes, "Everybody thinks he was a Junior, but he wasn't. Even though he had his daddy's first and last name, his full name was Michael Orlandus Darrion Brown. I wanted my son to have his own identity, so he did."

Additional per the State of Missouri Birth Registers, his birth certificate lists him as Michael Orlandus Darrion Brown born on May 20, 1996. No Jr title to the end of his name per State data noted (see ancestry.com).

Also, per his grave marker at St Peter's Cemetery in Normandy, Missouri, his name is not shown with the "Jr" title per Find-a-grave, See

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/110368199:60525?tid=&pid=&queryId=f40e0ea974035caa077c5f49a7b269a1&_phsrc=SHT60&_phstart=successSource

She also gave him the nick name "Mike Mike."

Please change his name to Michael Orlandus Darrion Brown. Mydreamquest (talk) 18:02, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 August 2022

Edit the date from 7 years ago to 8 years ago as it has now been 8 years. Lord Noot (talk) 17:57, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: The date is in a template that automatically calculates the time since the event. And since the incident happened on August 9, 2014, it isn't eight years until tomorrow and the page will reflect that tomorrow, automatically. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:59, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

No mention of BLM?

Why is there no mention of the fact that this is the incident that kick-started the Black Lives Matter movement? I see a refernce to BLM in the related articles but this was THE incident that made BLM into a prominent group. Any unbiased person who reads this, feel free to add it to the page, people should know that such a large movement was started over misinformation. 99.18.204.223 (talk) 23:51, 18 August 2022 (UTC)