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Michael Brown’s Parents Dispute Darren Wilson’s Story: ‘I Don’t Believe a Word of It’ (Video)

”He wanted to kill someone,“ mother of the slain 18-year-old says of the Ferguson cop on ”CBS This Morning“

| November 26, 2014 @ 8:02 AM

Michael Brown’s parents spoke with “CBS This Morning” on Wednesday about the shooting death of their son by police officer Darren Wilson, the grand jury’s decision not to indict and the subsequent riots that burned down parts of Ferguson, Missouri.

See photos: Ferguson Fallout: The Scene Following Decision Not to Indict Officer Darren Wilson

The two, alongside their attorney Benjamin Crump, also commented on Wilson’s version of events as told to ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos the previous night.

“I don’t believe a word of it,” Lesley McSpadden told CBS anchors Charlie Rose and Gayle King. “I know my son far too well to — he would never do anything like that. He would never provoke anyone to do anything to him and he wouldn’t do anything to anybody. I don’t believe a word of it.”

See video: Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson Tells ABC News: 'I Know I Did My Job Right'

When Rose questioned whether McSpadden truly believed that Wilson “wanted” to kill her son, she said: “I don’t think he wanted to kill my son, but he wanted to kill someone.”

“Why? It’s my biggest question: why? Why would you choose to wake up with a chip on your shoulder and do what you did to our son,” Michael Brown Sr. said he wanted to know. “I wouldn’t even say to our son — to any human being.”

Also read: Ferguson Protesters Swarm LAPD Headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles

The duo is dealing with the personal fallout, while their city hopes to rebuild — both physically and emotionally. McSpadden blamed Monday night’s rioting on Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, saying he made empty promises to her family and the people of Ferguson.

“My son doesn’t have a history of violence,” McSpadden said. “One image does not paint a person’s entire life or their entire past or how they were. We all have a past, and Nixon is one of the ones that came to me and let me know that it shouldn’t even be a part of this procedure because when he was 18, he did things and if people had known, he wouldn’t be governor. So this to me was saying, that this didn’t call for you to take my son’s life.”

Also read: MSNBC's Chris Hayes 'Shocked and Upset' by 'Racist, Disgusting, Lack of Empathy Online' to Ferguson

Earlier, Rose opened the interview by asking Brown’s parents what they hope happens next.

“Change,” Brown replied. “That’s all we’re asking for. We actually don’t accept our son is gone, but we’re dealing with it. There are other families that went through the same situation, and we all just want change all over.”

Also read: New York Times Under Fire for Posting Street, City Where Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson Lives

Towards the end of their early morning conversation, McSpadden and Brown both said that officials from Ferguson have yet to come to them and express condolences for their loss.

“We have just been disrespected all the way around,” Brown summarized.

Watch the video.

Ferguson Fallout: The Scene Following Decision Not to Indict Officer Darren Wilson (Photos)

  • Police officers march by a burning police car during a demonstration on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. A St. Louis County grand jury has decided to not indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown that sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri in August. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 24: Looters run out of a business during rioting on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. A St. Louis County grand jury has declined to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, that sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri since August 9. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 24: Looters run out of a business during rioting on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. A St. Louis County grand jury has declined to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, that sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri since August 9. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 24: A protestor is surrounded by tear gas during a demonstration on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. A St. Louis County grand jury has decided to not indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown that sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri in August. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • Firefighters try to extinguish a burning restaurant set on fire after protestors rioted following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson has been struggling to return to normal after Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was killed by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer, on August 9. His death has sparked months of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson. A grand jury today declined to indict officer Wilson. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Getty Images
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  • FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 24: Protestors kneel with their hands up in front of police vehicles during a demonstration on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. A St. Louis County grand jury has decided to not indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown that sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri in August. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 25: A row of cars burn at a used car lot during a demonstration on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson has been struggling to return to normal after Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was killed by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer, on August 9. His death has sparked months of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson. A grand jury today declined to indict officer Wilson. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch Getty Images
  • Demonstrators listen to a car radio as a grand jury's decision is delivered in front of the Ferguson police department on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Getty Images
  • FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 24: Police confront protestors after rioting broke out following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson has been struggling to return to normal after Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was killed by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer, on August 9. His death has sparked months of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson. A grand jury today declined to indict officer Wilson. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 24: St. Louis County police officers in riot gear stand guard in front of the Ferguson police department after a grand jury's decision was delivered on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. A St. Louis County grand jury has decided to not indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown that sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri in August. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • A suspected looter is aprehended outside a Dollar Store when protestors rioted following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson has been struggling to return to normal after Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was killed by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer, on August 9. His death has sparked months of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson. A grand jury today declined to indict officer Wilson. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 24: Protestors run away after police deployed tear gas during a demonstration on November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. A St. Louis County grand jury has decided to not indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown that sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri in August. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • CNN Reporter Sara Sidner was hit in the head with a rock while covering the Ferguson unrest on Nov. 24, 2014. CNN
  • NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 24: Protesters march through the streets of New York after learning at police officer Darren Wilson, of the Ferguson, MO police department, who fatally shot teenager Michael Brown on August 9, would not be indicted by a grand jury on November 24, 2014 in New York City. The killing of Michael Brown inspired mass protests in the St. Louis suburb for over a month and has reignited conversations throughout the nation about race and police force. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 24: Protesters march through the streets of New York after learning at police officer Darren Wilson, of the Ferguson, MO police department, who fatally shot teenager Michael Brown on August 9, would not be indicted by a grand jury on November 24, 2014 in New York City. The killing of Michael Brown inspired mass protests in the St. Louis suburb for over a month and has reignited conversations throughout the nation about race and police force. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 25: A woman faces police officers advancing to arrest anyone who fails to disperse as demonstrators react to the grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who had shot dead an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, in the early morning hours of November 25, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Police officer Darren Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9, sparking large ongoing protests. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • Protesters rally outside a mall in the Crenshaw district of L.A. on Nov. 24 (Twitter) Twitter
  • NOVEMBER 24: Protesters block traffic by lying down in the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Dr. in Beverly Hills after marching from Leimert Park in reaction to the grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who had shot dead an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri on November 24, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Police officer Darren Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9, sparking large ongoing protests. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Getty Images
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  • WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 24: Hundreds of demonstrators, many of them Howard University students, lay on the ground in protest outside the White House after the Ferguson grand jury decision in Missouri November 24, 2014 in Washington, DC. A St. Louis County grand jury has decided to not indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown that sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri in August. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 24: U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement following the announcement of the grand jury's decision in the shooting death of unnamed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House November 24, 2014 in Washington, DC. The grand jury has decided that officer Darren Wilson will not be charged in the fatal shooting. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • DELLWOOD, MO - NOVEMBER 25: Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump speaks during a press conference at Greater St. Marks Church November 25, 2014 in Dellwood, Missouri. Sharpton addressed the lack of an indictment from a grand jury considering charges against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in teh shooting death of Michael Brown . (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • FERGUSON, MO - NOVEMBER 25: A worker cleans up glass at a business that was damaged during a demonstration on November 25, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Demonstrators caused extensive damage in Ferguson and surrounding areas after a St. Louis County grand jury decided to not indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown. Getty Images
  • Ferguson Mayor James W. Knowles III speaks at a press conference at the Ferguson Community Center in Ferguson, Missouri. Knowles addressed the delayed deployment of the National Guard to the riot battered town. Getty Images
  • Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon speaks during a news conference at the University of Missouri - St. Louis on November 25, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon discussed the law enforcement and national guard response to widespread rioting following the decision by a St. Louis County grand jury to not indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown in August. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images
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  • Police officers secure Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters after protestors pushed over barricades during demonstrations November 25, 2014 in Los Angeles, one day after a grand jury decision not to prosecute a white police officer for the killing of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Missouri. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Getty Images
  • A protester sits in theback of a Los Angles Police Departmet (LAPD) transport bus after arrested at one intersection during a demonstration following the grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who had shot dead an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri in the early morning hours of November 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Police officer Darren Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9, sparking large ongoing protests. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • Police make an arrest as protests engulf Ferguson on November 26, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Over 2,000 Missouri national guardsmen are being deployed a day after demonstrators caused extensive damage in Ferguson and surrounding areas following a St. Louis County grand jury decision to not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) Getty Images
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  • A police squad car is turned over by demonstrators during a protest on November 25, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Yesterday protesting turned into rioting following the grand jury announcement to not indict officer Darren Wilson in the Michael Brown case. Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was killed by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer, on August 9. At least 12 buildings were torched and more than 50 people were arrested during the night-long rioting. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • Lesley McSpadden (C), mother of Michael Brown Jr, attends a press conference on the eve of Thanksgiving to pray and address the events of the last few days regarding the grand jury verdict of police officer Darren Wilson on November 26, 2014 in New York City. Police officer Darren Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, on August 9, sparking large ongoing protests. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 25: Protesters set up barricades and shut down the 101 freeway following the grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who had shot dead an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri on the night of November 25, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Police officer Darren Wilson shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9, sparking large ongoing protests. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Getty Images
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Violence erupts in Ferguson, and protests are held across the country after a grand jury decided Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson would not face criminal charges in the shooting death of Michael Brown

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