--- description: Investigators are considering whether to charge Michael Brown's stepfather with attempting to incite a riot for urging a crowd in Ferguson, Missouri, to "burn this... title: Michael Brown’s Stepfather Under Investigation for Outburst image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44b8e045dfdf8288/69876c4635ba6f3577c05b3c/458993150.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michael Brown's Stepfather Under Investigation for Outburst by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 3, 2014 6:27 AM CUT  Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden is greeted by her husband Louis Head after arriving at St. Louis International Airport on Nov. 14, 2014 Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden is greeted by her husband Louis Head after arriving at St. Louis International Airport on Nov. 14, 2014Scott Olson—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 3, 2014 6:27 AM CUT Investigators are considering whether to charge Michael Brown’s stepfather with attempting to incite a riot for urging a crowd in Ferguson, Missouri, to “burn this bitch down” as part of a larger inquiry into violence after a grand jury declined to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of the unarmed black teenager, authorities told NBC News on Tuesday. Louis Head, who is married to Lesley McSpadden, the young man’s mother, could be seen screaming that call and stronger ones at a gathering in Ferguson shortly after the grand jury’s “no bill” decision in the case of Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson was announced late Nov. 24 … [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/michael-browns-stepfather-under-investigation-outburst-n260086?cid=par-time-article%5F20141203 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3615631/michael-browns-stepfather-under-investigation-for-outburst/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3615631/michael-browns-stepfather-under-investigation-for-outburst/"},"headline":"Michael Brown's Stepfather Under Investigation for Outburst","datePublished":"2014-12-03T06:27:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:31:38.277Z","description":"Investigators are considering whether to charge Michael Brown's stepfather with attempting to incite a riot for urging a crowd in Ferguson, Missouri, to \"burn this...","url":"https://time.com/3615631/michael-browns-stepfather-under-investigation-for-outburst/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44b8e045dfdf8288/69876c4635ba6f3577c05b3c/458993150.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44b8e045dfdf8288/69876c4635ba6f3577c05b3c/458993150.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Parents Of Michael Brown Return To Missouri After Speaking To United Nations Committee In Switzerland","caption":"Parents Of Michael Brown Return To Missouri After Speaking To United Nations Committee In Switzerland","creditText":"Scott Olson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3615631/michael-browns-stepfather-under-investigation-for-outburst/","name":"Michael Brown's Stepfather Under Investigation for Outburst"}}]}] ```