Michael Brown's mother has been defeated in her bid for a seat on the City Council in Ferguson, Missouri.
where her son died in a police shooting that helped give rise to the national Black Lives Matter movement.
Lesley McSpadden lost Tuesday in a three-way race in Ferguson's 3rd Ward. Unofficial St. Louis County election results show the winner was Fran Griffin.fatally shot by white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, 2014 , touching off months of protests and violence. Wilson claimed he was forced to shoot when the unarmed Brown came at him menacingly after attacking the officer during a street confrontation. A St. Louis County grand jury's November 2014 decision not to indict Wilson sparked renewed unrest.Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb, has 21,000 residents, about two-thirds of whom are African-American.
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