Mike Brown’s death at the hands of Officer Darren Wilson was the first shooting death in some time in the suburban St. Louis community of Ferguson. Thanks to sustained protest and outcry from the community and people concerned about civil rights nationwide, the whole world knows Mike Brown's name. But just days after Brown was gunned down by the officer, another person was shot in Ferguson. The circumstances around the shooting are completely bizarre, and raise yet more troubling questions about the police. Also troubling is how little the media is mentioning the name and circumstances of Mya Aaten-White.

On August 12, Mya Aaten-White was walking back to her car after leaving a protest near the now infamous Quik Trip in Ferguson, Missouri. Shots rang out. She remembers a young man telling her she’d been shot in the head. She remembers police on the scene questioning her. She took a photo of herself in the ambulance and posted it to Instagram.

The media immediately reported that it was a drive by