article_snippet.sent: former police officer Darren Wilsonunjustifiably shot and killed (Brown), using an unnecessary and unreasonable amount (of) force in violation of (Brown's) constitutionally guaranteed right to life,' the lawsuit states.
article_snippet.sent: Brown, 18, was unarmed and walking in the street with a friend on August 9 when Wilson told Brown, 18 to move to the sidewalk.
article_snippet.sent: That led to a heated confrontation and a scuffle between Wilson and Brown inside Wilson's squad car.
article_snippet.sent: Wilson shot Brown after a scuffle between Wilson and Brown inside Wilson's squad car spilled into the street.
article_snippet.sent: Some witnesses said Brown was trying to surrender, but Wilson said Brown was moving toward Brown aggressively, forcing Brown to shoot.
article_snippet.sent: In the end, local and federal authorities ruled that Brown's shooting was justified.
article_snippet.sent: Brown was unarmed when Brown was fatally shot by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, in a St. Louis suburb in August 2014.
article_snippet.sent: Garner, who was black and had asthma, died in July after a white plainclothes officer applied what a medical examiner determined was a chokehold after Eric Garner was accused of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes on a city street.