--- description: Decision expected soon title: Ferguson: Michael Brown Family Speaks Ahead of Grand Jury Decision image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: Michael Brown's Family Speaks Ahead of Ferguson Grand Jury Decision by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 21, 2014 7:28 PM CUT by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 21, 2014 7:28 PM CUT The family of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager whose shooting death at the hands of a white police officer sparked violent protests in Ferguson, Mo. earlier this year, is holding a news conference Friday ahead of a decision by a grand jury probing the case. Attorney General Eric Holder appealed for calm in a video Thursday ahead of the decision, and Brown’s father has also called for calm. Watch the news conference live above. _Read next:_ [_Michael Brown’s Family Calls for Calm as Ferguson Grand Jury Nears Decision_](http://time.com/3600260/ferguson-michael-brown-family-grand-jury/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3600218/ferguson-michael-brown-family-press-conference/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3600218/ferguson-michael-brown-family-press-conference/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Michael Brown's Family Speaks Ahead of Ferguson Grand Jury Decision","datePublished":"2014-11-21T19:28:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:17:27.525Z","description":"Decision expected soon","url":"https://time.com/3600218/ferguson-michael-brown-family-press-conference/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3600218/ferguson-michael-brown-family-press-conference/","name":"Watch Live: Michael Brown's Family Speaks Ahead of Ferguson Grand Jury Decision"}}]}] ```