justin hansford, thank you so much forjoining us here on the bbc. of michael brown. what are your thoughts on this day with regards to michael brown and also how black americans in this country encounter police, encounter the criminaljustice system well, first thanks for having me. i think today, nine years after mike brown was killed, we have most reflect on. in my view, the uprising of 2020, after the killing of george floyd, was in many respects something that builds on the response to the killing of mike brown in 2014, so the organising, the creation of hashtags, the use of twitter to spread the message across the country and across the world, activists on the grounds leading protests and, ultimately, pushing for policy change — all of that really began in earnest in 2014 on august 9. so i think that legacy is something we can reflect on as a meaningful, enduring legacy of this day nine years ago. well, nine years on, you are now representing the families of both michael brown and also rekia boyd who have turned to international law in a bid for