Ferguson prepares to say goodbye to Mike Brown

MSNBC ^ | August 24, 2014 | Amanda Sakuma

[2ndDivisionVet]

For a community gripped by the death of Michael Brown, residents here are prepared to not only mourn for the loss of the 18-year-old, but also to say goodbye to him in his funeral Monday and vow to never forget what his sacrifice has meant.

After more than two weeks of protests, political wrangling over investigations and swarms of media coverage from around the world, the Brown family will be laying their son to rest after he was shot dead in the middle of the street by a police officer on Aug. 9.

Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church is bracing for thousands expected to join the services Monday morning, where scores of Brown’s extended family are set to join for the closed casket ceremony, along with several celebrities and high-profile attendees. Despite the expected spectacle, church members here expressed warmth toward the Brown family and conveyed a sense of honor that they would choose the church as a place to say goodbye to the teen.

“We’re just so thankful here at Friendly that the Browns have decided to allow us to share in the honoring of their son,” said Yashica Stimage, a member of the church.

Rev. Osagyefo Sekou has been out on W. Florissant Ave., the epicenter of the protests, nearly every day and every night to honor the slain teen. For Sekou, having Brown’s funeral at the first church where he previously served carries a heartfelt meaning....

[2ndDivisionVet]

The authoress

[Pearls Before Swine]

Well, Bye.

[GeronL]

I’m thinking that almost nobody at the funeral will have actually known the guy

[skeeter]

The owners of the 6 Ferguson Quickstops will serve as pallbearers.

[Gene Eric]

>> and vow to never forget what his sacrifice has meant

Is the author deranged?

[tje]

They’re not having him lie in state first?

[narses]

For a community gripped by the death of Michael Brown, residents here are prepared to not only mourn for the loss of the 18-year-old, but also to say goodbye to him in his funeral Monday and vow to never forget what his sacrifice has meant.

[ForAmerica]

One less (future) career criminal they have to worry about!

[RandallFlagg]

[johniegrad]

Is the author deranged?

C'mon. She's a good girl. She wrote what she was told to write.

[workerbee]

residents here are prepared to not only mourn for the loss of the 18-year-old, but also to say goodbye to him in his funeral Monday and vow to never forget what his sacrifice has meant.

Excuse me kindly, 2ndDiv, but WHERE THE HELL IS THE BARF ALERT?!?!?!?

[USMCPOP]

“They’re not having him lie in state first?”

They are going to fly his baggy pants at half-mast first. But they need to find extra-long boxer shorts first.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Your guess is probably correct.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

She just see’s another ‘black jesus’. Libs are deranged.

[ForAmerica]

They’re not having him lie in state first?

Lol, damn that was funny!

[workerbee]

“We’re ju$t $o thankful here at Friendly that the Brown$ have decided to allow u$ to $hare in the honoring of their $on,” said Ya$hica $timage, a member of the church.

Fixed.

[dfwgator]

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I’m surprised it’s not at the local QT.

[ZinGirl]

...after he was shot dead in the middle of the street by a police officer, who he had viciously attacked and threatened the officer's life and lives of others

there. fixed it.

[Molon Labbie]

Oh, are they giving him a Viking funeral?