Despite the fact that all the evidence isn’t in on the circumstances surrounding his death yet. Despite the fact that his father has called for peace and calm around the funeral. And, despite the fact that the family had earlier asked for privacy after their son’s death, they have decided to set up a LIVE STREAM of his services, complete with media release and all.
They have turned a solemn occasion, of burying a dead child, into a political rally, focusing on race relations.
Here are just some of the high points surrounding this circus of a funeral:
Media Alert: Funeral Arrangements for Michael Brown pic.twitter.com/sPhuGTYNGp
— Benjamin Crump, Esq. (@attorneycrump) August 25, 2014
And, while we had no live stream feeds or satellite trucks for Major General Harold Greene’s funeral, even with him being the highest ranking officer killed in combat since Vietnam, we have them for Michael Brown. Both President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden skipped the funeral of Greene, who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this month. The President made sure he got a round of golf in during his memorial service, however!
Also, Brown’s funeral will get its own delegation from the White House, including Cabinet Secretary Broderick Johnson, who chairs the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force, an initiative President Obama started earlier this year to provide aid specifically for minorities. He will be accompanied by Marlon Marshall, the White House Public Engagement Office’s deputy director, and department adviser Heather Foster. He didn’t even bother to send anyone with that much “rank” from the White House to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral!
.@WhiteHouse Cabinet Secretary Broderick Johnson will attend Monday’s funeral service for Michael Brown along with two other WH officials.
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) August 23, 2014
This entire funeral seems totally agenda driven to me. And, after sending White House delegates to it, there is no way they are going to accept anything less than a guilty verdict for the police officer, no matter what the facts turn out to be in this case.
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