well, nine years on, you are now representing the families of both michael brown and also rekia boydity. why did they do that? well, we began this process actually even back in 2014 with the understanding that oftentimes when you are appealing for justice from the same people who created the injustice in the first place, you are likely to run into a dead end. so we said that we are going transcend what's happening locally, even nationally, and take our case to the global forum as part of our acknowledge of our ancestors, people like malcolm x and others have called for this approach for many years. some people who have tried to do it, including randall robinson, some other african—american lawyers who are my heroes, so for me, it was an honour and a privilege to be able to, nine years later, continue the tradition and we let the entire world know we are not going to give up ourfight forjustice. and through that mechanism, that legal trajectory for the families, what would accountability look like for them? for the families, oftentimes there is a case to reopen the case, for both thes

he's representing brown's family and the family of rekia boyd, a 22—year—old unarmed black woman whoo bring their cases before an international court of law. justin hansford, thank you so much forjoining us here on the bbc. today, as you know, is the ninth anniversary of the killing 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 criminal justice system was yellow well, first thanks for having me, i think 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 201a, 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 201a on august night. and so i think that legacy is something we can reflect on as a meaningful, en