
Almost two years after her teenaged son was shot by a Ferguson police officer, Lezley McSpadden will speak at the Democratic National Convention this evening.
Michael Brown was fatally shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014, triggering widespread protests and ultimately launching a national movement.
That movement came under fire at the Republican National Convention last week (the Milwaukee County Sheriff, in just one example, proclaimed that "blue lives matter!" and compared the Black Lives Matter movement to "anarchy").…