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Priorities–Mike Brown Body Lays In Unmarked Grave As Parents Jet Around Making Money off His Death….
Conservative Treehouse ^ | November 19, 2014

Posted on 11/20/2014 8:43:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Perhaps Mike Brown’s mom, Lesley McSpadden, is too busy coordinating the next T-Shirt promotion. Or perhaps Mike Brown Senior is too busy scheduling the next private jet trip to Europe while meeting with celebrities to grift more money from his death. Regardless of reasoning, Mike Brown’s body remains in unmarked grave three months after his death.

A CNN writer visited the cemetery and takes note:

[...] I follow the footprints to a small bouquet of plastic flowers, red and purple, planted in the ground.

There is not yet a headstone at Brown’s grave. I stand where Brown’s parents wailed as their son’s casket was lowered on August 25 into a copper vault. Sixteen days before, he had been shot dead by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson.

One minute, the 18-year-old stood 6 feet 4. The next, he fell to the ground on Canfield Drive. His blood colored the dull asphalt.

This is an all too familiar pattern in the nationally publicized deaths of both Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. Both sets of parents too caught up in the merchandising and financial exploitation of the death to actually pay respects to the short-lived life.

Grief takes as back seat when there’s the potential for celebrity and financial gain….

Sound familiar?

Remember: Jesus Loves The Benjamins !


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: ferguson; michaelbrown; missouri
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mike Brown’s body lies a-rotting in the grave,
Mike Brown’s body lies a-rotting in the grave,
Mike Brown’s body lies a-rotting in the grave,
And the thugs riot, loot, and burn ...


22 posted on 11/20/2014 9:13:10 PM PST by NorthMountain
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They’re probably waiting for their supporters to chip in to buy a tombstone for the Gentle Giant.


23 posted on 11/20/2014 9:13:42 PM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s not unusual for a tombstone to take a long time, though.


24 posted on 11/20/2014 9:25:08 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6

My father’s, through the V.A., took about a month.


25 posted on 11/20/2014 9:27:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’ve heard of special ones taking 6 months. No doubt this one is quite a design.


26 posted on 11/20/2014 9:28:05 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6

You’re assuming they ordered one. I’m not.


27 posted on 11/20/2014 9:29:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m saying it’s too soon for the story about an unmarked grave...


28 posted on 11/20/2014 9:42:40 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6

Agreed. Criticizing people for not grieving the way you think they should is incredibly crass and low. It takes as long as it takes for a variety of reasons. This sort of tacky back bitting does not belong here.

I think my dad’s took about 8 months. Anyone who thinks that was too long can drop dead. There were reasons for the delay that had nothing at all to do with how we much we loved and adored him.

The first link I found says it takes four weeks to 180 days on average.

http://www.pattenmonument.com/frequently-asked-questions

Sounds about right.


29 posted on 11/20/2014 11:11:49 PM PST by mountainbunny (Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens ~ J.R.R. Tolkien)
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To: gleeaikin

Notice that nearly all of the photos of Fat Bastard that have come out show him wearing a red colored garment of some kind. I think he was a Blood or one of their prospects.

Also note how they won’t release Fat Bastard’s juvenile record.


30 posted on 11/20/2014 11:14:09 PM PST by Rockpile
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It took months before our son’s headstone was completed and in place. It takes time.

Suspend your outrage.


31 posted on 11/21/2014 2:02:45 AM PST by BraveMan
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To: ltc8k6

Seems that the earth needs time to settle after some dirt has been removed and put back. Otherwwise, the stone can eventually lean and even tip over.


32 posted on 11/21/2014 3:37:24 AM PST by ArtDodger
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To: ltc8k6

We had a temporary marker on my fathers grave the day after the funeral. The permanent stone was erected within the month.


33 posted on 11/21/2014 4:36:34 AM PST by stellaluna
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To: Rockpile

Technically, they’ve told us Brown did not commit any “A or B” felonies. According to a guy who claims to be a cop working near Ferguson, that leaves the C & D felones, namely:

Involuntary Manslaughter (C Felony, RSMO 565.024)
Felonious Restraint (C Felony, RSMO 565.120)
Assault in the Second Degree (C Felony, RSMO 565.060)
Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer in the Second Degree (C Felony, 565.082)
Domestic Assault in the Second Degree (C Felony, RSMO 565.073)
Arson in the Second Degree (C Felony, RSMO 569.050)
Burglary in the Second Degree (C Felony, RSMO 596.170)
Tampering with a Judicial Official (C Felony, RSMO 565.084)
Tampering in the First Degree (C Felony, RSMO 569.080)
Statutory Rape Second Degree (C Felony, RSMO 566.034)
Forcible Rape in the Second Degree (C Felony, RSMO 566.031)
Forcible Sodomy in the Second Degree (C Felony, RSMO 566.061)
Sexual Abuse in the First Degree (C Felony, RSMO 566.100)
Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance (C Felony, RSMO 195.202)
False Imprisonment (D Felony, RSMO 565.130)
Child Abduction (D Felony, RSMO 565.156)
Assault While on School Property (D Felony, RSMO 565.075)
Property Damage in the First Degree (D Felony, RSMO 569.100)
Knowingly Burning or Exploding (D Felony, RSMO 569.055)
Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree (D Felony, RSMO 566.101)
Sexual Misconduct involving a Child (D Felony, RSMO 566.083)

http://dissonantwinstonsmith.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/topical/

In other words, Michael Brown could have done something most of us consider very bad, and still not have committed an A or B felony. Personally, I’m convinced he DID have something on his record that most people would consider a serious crime; otherwise they would have told us what’s on his record/that his record was clear. My money is on Burglary in the Second Degree (which I would consider serious) or Felony Possession (which I would not consider serious), or both.

Although Assault on School Property wouldn’t surprise me.


34 posted on 11/21/2014 5:46:40 AM PST by Amity
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think it’s way, way too early to be scolding anyone for the lack of a grave stone. Pretty sure my son’s gravestone wasn’t up within 100 days, and it wasn’t for lack of wanting one.

Also, I think we should let people grieve in their own way. The grave beside my son’s didn’t have a stone for literally years — but people left toys and flowers more regularly than we did for ours, and they grew flowers there and otherwise tended that grave faithfully. Other, more neglected, graves went even longer, but when the gravestone finally went up, it was a snazzy dazzy super pricey one. And some separated parents (never married, divorced, whatever) can’t agree on the stone, even if they both want one, which can delay things considerable.

I think parents who’ve lost a child are more likely to delay stones than families who’ve lost someone elderly, because parents are more into denial. Getting the gravestone can have a finality and acceptance to it for some people. And it’s a “late in the grieving process” thing for many — sudden death takes longer to process.


35 posted on 11/21/2014 5:58:50 AM PST by Amity
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To: stellaluna

No one is arguing that you can’t get a tombstone done quickly...

It is not at all unusual for a tombstone, especially an elaborate one, to take many months...

I have no doubt that this will be an elaborate one.

It’s simply too early to run with this story, imo.


36 posted on 11/21/2014 6:31:02 AM PST by ltc8k6
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To: GeronL

Not an “article.”

Is that a Trayvon reference btw? I hadn’t heard anything about him in an unmarked grave.


37 posted on 11/21/2014 7:01:17 AM PST by Adam Taxin (youtube.com/ataxin)
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To: Amity

So the “officials” gave a clintonian statement about his record and left out C and D and misdemeanor possibilities A? That means he really was a known goon to the local system-—though maybe not to Wilson himself.

Be nice if some insider could fish through the local arrest or court records and let slip to the public any finds but I’m sure that would be against a law.


38 posted on 11/21/2014 8:09:45 AM PST by Rockpile
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To: Rockpile

So the “officials” gave a clintonian statement about his record and left out C and D and misdemeanor possibilities A?

Make it "misdemeanor possibilities A-D" and, yep, that's my understanding of what happened. I always figured their careful phrasing was hiding something; I just didn't realize some of the stuff that might be behind that curtain!

39 posted on 11/21/2014 12:29:13 PM PST by Amity
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To: Amity; Rockpile; 2ndDivisionVet; All

I read elsewhere something about a murder he committed as a juvenile. Could that have been Involuntary Manslaughter. Anyone have more information on the juvenile record?


40 posted on 11/29/2014 3:56:32 PM PST by gleeaikin
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