article_snippet: : Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart wrote a piece this week, criticizing the labeling of Michael Brown as a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement .
article_snippet: Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart was incensed by the seemingly senseless death of another young black teen.
article_snippet: But in a new column for the Washington Post, Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart says Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart no longer believes Michael Brown is an appropriate symbol for the renewed civil rights movement in the U.S. and that white police officer Darren Wilson was justified in the shooting.
article_snippet: Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart says the release of federal investigations into the shooting, and the Ferguson Police Department in general, this month have forced Michael Brown Michael Brown.
article_snippet: : Capehart said the new federal investigation results show that white police officer Darren Wilson (right) was justified in killing Brown (left) '
article_snippet: Based on the investigation's damning results, Capehart says Michael Brown is now an 'inappropriate symbol' for the Black Lives Matter movement.
article_snippet: In fact, Capehart said, the investigation into the Ferguson Police Department showed law enforcement in the community had been blatantly 'trampling' on the constitutional rights of residents who are mostly African American, which explains why the communityexploded the moment Michael Brown was killed.'
article_snippet: Capehart said it's 'imperative that we continue marching for and giving voice to those killed in racially charged incidents at the hands of police and others.'
article_snippet: Real issues: Capehart says that though Michael Brown in an 'inappropriate symbol' of the Black Lives Matter movement, it shouldn't distract from the the very real issues that were sparked by his death . '
article_snippet: In the aftermath of the column, Capehart elicited a slew of negative comments from readers on Twitter, but Capehart was also lauded by others for Capehart bravery in reversing Capehart opinion on the Ferguson shooting.
highlights_snippet: Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart says new evidence shows Darren Wilson was justified in shooting Michael Brown .
  