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Michael Brown's funeral: Hope, tears and a call for social change
CNN ^ | 8/25/2014 | CNN

Posted on 08/25/2014 1:14:08 PM PDT by Dallas59

St. Louis (CNN) -- The funeral of slain Ferguson, Missouri, teenager Michael Brown was a celebration of his life, a search for meaning in his death and a battle cry to change policing in America.

The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered one of two eulogies during the service, and he had sharp words for those who looted stores and rioted after the teenager was shot.

"You don't understand that Michael Brown does not want to be remembered for a riot. He wants to be remembered as the one that made America deal with how we're going to police in the United States."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: brown; bs; funeral; missouri
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To: mulligan

Let us go to Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror (not written by him but he did sing it) for a quote...

If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change


41 posted on 08/25/2014 1:38:15 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Dallas59

Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin. Young men who died long before their time because they went down the wrong path and got caught up with the wrong crowd. Were it not for the robberies, the doobies, the purple drank, both would most likely be alive today to pursue whatever dreams they wished.

90% of our black community is in total denial about this.


42 posted on 08/25/2014 1:38:16 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Africans can be white too, so for the left to keep calling them African Americans is not correct, but we are dealing with the left who have no idea that there are many countries in Africa or whites can be African too.


43 posted on 08/25/2014 1:38:35 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Dallas59

When I was a little kid, my mom told me that if a policeman told me to do something, I should do it. I’ve lived my life that way. Why couldn’t Michael Brown and his friend just move from the middle of the street when asked to by the policeman? If he had, he’d still be alive. That one simple act of defiance is responsible for him being where he is.


44 posted on 08/25/2014 1:39:30 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: DoughtyOne

social change is to either disarm cops which we know the loons would love so they can have their anarchy, or have no white cops in black areas?.

So much for tolerance and diversity then, but would that mean no blacks in white areas?


45 posted on 08/25/2014 1:39:48 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Dallas59

Goodnight, Swisher Sweet prince,
And flights of homies sing thee to thy rest...


46 posted on 08/25/2014 1:40:33 PM PDT by Argus
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To: Dallas59
"The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered one of two eulogies during the service, and he had sharp words for those who looted stores and rioted after the teenager was shot."

Rev Al was on the right track with such remarks. Crime is a focus point between blacks and the police. He could have included strong arming merchants for cigars the day the teenager was shot.

47 posted on 08/25/2014 1:40:51 PM PDT by ex-snook (God forgives because God is Love)
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To: Dallas59
call for social change

Call for social change = call for Socialism.

48 posted on 08/25/2014 1:42:01 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Dallas59

"We need to allow 300 lb. black teenagers to beat white cops to death! No just us! No piece!"

49 posted on 08/25/2014 1:42:32 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: manc

Of course not. Blacks could go everywhere. Only whites can be rasisssss.

Are there any bigger racists than those that advocate for blacks and hispanics in our nation? I suppose so, but in our nation? I’m not convinced of it.


50 posted on 08/25/2014 1:42:39 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (We'll know when he's really hit bottom. They'll start referring to him as White.)
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To: Dallas59

I know people want to think best of the dead. But really? That is blasphemy right there!


51 posted on 08/25/2014 1:43:00 PM PDT by vpintheak (I will not comply!)
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To: lurk

... and lets not forget .... don’t walk down the middle of the road and punch a cop in the face and you will live longer.


52 posted on 08/25/2014 1:43:52 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Dallas59
I'm not a Bill O’Reilly fan but how he address the Michael Brown Ferguson riots issue in his Talking Points segment is right on the mark.

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html

Again right on target of the black on black crime in the US, O’Reilly cites indisputable stats that the race baiters, Obama and Holder refuse to publicly acknowledge. The problem is identified but ignored by the MSM and the Federal government.

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/2013/07/23/bill-oreilly-president-obama-and-race-problem

53 posted on 08/25/2014 1:44:58 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Vigilanteman

Yeah, you can say that again!


54 posted on 08/25/2014 1:45:48 PM PDT by envisio (Its on like Donkey Kong!)
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To: Dallas59

So, indeed Michael Brown is Obama’s unclaimed son.

Hope, and Change.


55 posted on 08/25/2014 1:45:51 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Dallas59

He was a bad guy who did some awful things and it caught up with him. The one thing I will agree with the libs on is that he didn’t have to die this way. It’s pretty easy not to die the way he did. Millions and millions of people manage to not die the way he did everyday because they don’t behave like animals. Sadly everything is backwards now. The bad guys are considered good guys and the good guys are considered bad guys. The more good they tell you about him the more obvious it is that his bad behavior was perfectly OK with them.


56 posted on 08/25/2014 1:47:31 PM PDT by RightInJersey
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To: plain talk

Yeah he was used to throwing his weight around to get what he wanted, and thought he could intimidate / fight the police officer. He thought wrong.


57 posted on 08/25/2014 1:49:30 PM PDT by corlorde (Oath Keeper)
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To: Argus

Not really sure this is a Shakespearian moment. It’s tragic...but in a different way. (I know you were joking, but it jolted a bit nonetheless.)


58 posted on 08/25/2014 1:50:02 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Dallas59
"A celebration of his life."

Whose main accomplishment was apparently writing crude, obscene rap songs, and whose final hour consisted of smoking pot, robbing a store, assaulting a clerk, smugly and defiantly walking down the middle of an arterial, and - probably - assaulting a cop.
59 posted on 08/25/2014 1:51:51 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Dallas59

And these same idiots will be screaming that it is racist that there aren’t any businesses in their town anymore...

Never mind they ran them out of town by proclaiming their right to loot them as social justice...


60 posted on 08/25/2014 1:52:16 PM PDT by DB
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