Crime | Michael Brown Michael Brown's Parents Filing Civil Suit City of Ferguson will also be named By Polly Davis Doig Posted Mar 5, 2015 11:12 AM CST Copied Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown, Sr., speak at a news conference with civil rights leaders at the National Press Club Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 in Washington. (AP Photo/AP Video) A day after the Department of Justice cleared Darren Wilson in Michael Brown's shooting death, Brown's parents announced today that they'll be filing a civil suit, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The former Ferguson police officer and the city of Ferguson will be named in the wrongful death action planned by Michael Brown Sr. and Lesley McSpadden, who said nothing at this morning's press conference as their lawyers spoke. "The burden of proof for the federal and state investigation is far different from the burden of proof in a civil case," said an attorney. The standards for the civil rights violations the feds passed on yesterday were much higher. He added that the civil case would go before a jury of "reasonably minded people." Read These Next It's a largely invisible nightmare for many families. Treatment delay was deadly for pregnant cop with atrial fibrillation. President Trump writes a snippy letter to Norway. Greenland is less cash cow and more money pit. Report an error