Will Michael Brown’s Family Sue Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson?

The family of Michael Brown, the black teenager who was shot and killed by a Missouri police officer last summer, may have to resort to suing Darren Wilson or the Ferguson Police Department after it was reported that the Justice Department didn’t find evidence for a civil rights case against him.

Top left: Ferguson protesters on Nov. 29, 2014. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Top right: Ferguson officer Darren Wilson. (AP Photo/St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office) Bottom left: A photo of Michael Brown. (Robert Cohen-Pool/Getty Images) Bottom center: A photo of Trayvon Martin. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Bottom right: A demonstrator in Ferguson on Nov. 29, 2014. Joshua Lott/Getty Images

There’s a possibility the family of Michael Brown, the black teenager who was shot and killed by a Missouri police officer Darren Wilson last summer, will resort to suing him or the Ferguson Police Department after it was reported that the Justice Department didn’t find evidence for a civil rights case against him, legal experts said.

If Brown’s family decides to sue, they might “have a better chance of winning than the DOJ would,” Dan Greenberg, an attorney and president of the Advance Arkansas Institute in Little Rock, told Epoch Times.

He noted the DOJ “would have to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt” while the family “would only have to prove that Wilson was more likely than not liable.”

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