WATCH LIVE: John Burris, the attorney for Banko Brown's family, is expected to file a lawsuit in a press conference in Oakland. Brown was shot and killed by a Walgreens security guard last month after he was allegedly shoplifting.
Some protested after DA Brooke Jenkins decided not to file charges against the security guard who shot and killed Brown at a Walgreens.Brown was found to be unarmed.This week, the California Attorney General's office said it will review the case.
"I'm serving a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that his life was wrongfully taken," said attorney John Burris. "I think we're in a position to show that Walgreens, security company, and security officer in fact are at fault."RELATED:Shouting erupted during the memorial service during a speech by Reverend Amos Brown, President of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP.
It is unclear what was said.. But Brown's stepmother asked everyone to calm down and things got back to order in less than 10 minutes.
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