KATU News. The protesters refused to allow Bernie Sanders to address the crowd, at which point the event was abruptly ended by rally organizers. Sanders shook hands with supporters as he left the venue. The incident coincided with a weekend of events organized to commemorate the death of Michael Brown, a black Missouri teenager shot while unarmed in Ferguson. His death is widely considered to be the beginning of the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Credit: Andrew Schepers">