Six years after his death, the family of McKenzie Cochran — a Ferndale, Michigan, man who died when security officers pinned him to the floor at a mall — may get the justice they have long been seeking in the wake of the George Floyd protests.
One of them made worldwide headlines, and inspired a social justice movement. The other quickly became a statistic, buried with no one held accountable for his death.— a Ferndale, Michigan, man who died when security officers pinned him to the floor at a mall — may get the justice they have long been seeking in the wake of the George Floyd protests.
Cooper sent the letter to the state's top prosecutor one day after demonstrators protested outside her office, criticizing her for not charging the case and calling for an end to violence against people of color. Michael Cochran was home taking care of his kids when his mother rang one May afternoon. She was upset and crying, and told him to turn on the TV news.He was blindsided. From his television screen, he heard the words that have had haunted him for years:"I can't breathe. I can't breathe.""I was almost confused. Like, 'wait a minute, what’s happening,'"recalled Cochran, who thought for a split second that the news was re-airing his brother's story.
But, he does hope that the social movement sparked by Floyd's death helps lead to justice for his brother.
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