Michael T. McPhearson

Michael T. McPhearson, executive director of the Veterans for Peace, was a field artillery officer in the 24^th Mechanized Infantry Division during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He co-founded the Don't Shoot Coalition formed after the killing of Michael Brown Jr. in Ferguson, Missouri. He has been an active member of the NAACP, the ACLU and the Association of Black Journalists in St. Louis. Follow him on Twitter: @MTMcPhearson.