Lansing activists spur dialogue on racism, gun violence

Tomorrow marks one month since the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed African-American teenager shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The event sparked protests and violent clashes in Ferguson on a level seldom seen since the Civil Rights Era of the 1960’s. The incident also spurred positive conversations and peaceful activism across the country, including Lansing. On Saturday, a few dozen people gathered on the city’s southwest side for a peace march.People were there to remember Michael Brown, but also to call attention to a spate of shootings that occurred in Lansing over a very short period of time in August. Current State’s Kevin Lavery was there, and we speak with two of the organizers.