in a minute we will be joined by michelle cusseaux's mother frances garrett.and as we talk about this, just to be clear and fran garrett is with us now, your daughter was killed just after michael brown was killed. frances: that is correct. amy: talk about what happened to your daughter. frances: well, from what i understand -- i was in california at the time. michelle -- i had spoken with michelle's caseworker earlier that morning. michelle allegedly, had called the -- phoned down to the mental health behavioral health center, and had threatened them because of her treatment and transportation had somehow not arrived. so, she was somewhat upset. i had spoke with her case manager that morning. i thought everything had been resolved. i spoke with michelle. no one at that time had ever said that they were sending out an order to pick michelle up. later on that morning, i -- let me rewind this. i was in california for a suitability hearing. i had lost a son to a drive-by years prior to this and that is what had sent michelle on a spiral downhill with her mental h

protesters sought to elevate lesser-known names like tanisha anderson, rekia boyd, miriam carey michelle cusseauxelly frey kayla moore and aiyana stanley-jones and many more. hundreds gathered in san francisco, many of them african-american women who protested topless. >> in america [indiscernible] in america, we kill women. at 2:00 p.m. with a gunshot to the head, no second chance, [indiscernible] in america, we kill women. we killed him this way in america. amy: to see our interview with camilla crenshaw and the brother of boyd as well as the mother of michelle, you can go to democracynow.org. in new york, the family of an unarmed african-american man fatally shot in the dark stairway of a brooklyn housing project has filed a lawsuit against the city. akai gurley was 28 years old when he was killed by officer peter liang. authorities have described his death as a tragic accident saying he was totally innocent. gurley's domestic partner kimberly ballinger, filed the -- said the officer to his weapon. >> he had no reason for having it in his hand in his finger on the trigger. there is a lot of th