Gunned down before you ever got the chance to become a man. When I look at you, I see the baby face, just like Trayvon. You still had your baby face. You never got to grow into your manly face. People are fighting for you, Michael. They’re fighting and saying that you matter. Your life mattered. Your potential mattered. And, someone should be held accountable for taking you too soon from this Earth.
Your mother’s tears are our tears.
WE SEE YOU.
You were our son.
You were our brother.
You were our nephew.
You were our cousin.
You were the young man in the neighborhood that had goals.
Langston Hughes asked the question long ago….
A Dream Deferred
by Langston HughesWhat happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore–
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over–
like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.Or does it explode?
A line of roses lines the street where Michael Brown was shot. #Ferguson
Updated with video of full service.
grannystanding4Truth @granny_st · 6m
Darren Wilson’s supporters wear racist comments proudly but claim to be decent people on law and order side. Yeah right! #Ferguson
I appreciate his clarity as he nails it!
grannystanding4Truth @granny_st · 3m
Darren Wilson supporters show true colors today with racist comments. Yet claim righteousness on side of law & order?#Ferguson
They have no shame.
https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/503943989381586944/photo/1
UH HUH
Some of the hateful, vile, and mean-spirited comments I’m reading on twitter are making me sick to my stomach. They have the nerve to accuse Rev Sharpton and other Brown supporters of hate, but the Darren Wilson supporters are the ones spouting out the hate. Should I start posting some of their hateful comments?
Btw, I was woke and in my bed when the earthquake hit here. My bed rocked back and forth like a rocking chair.
Wow, I am glad you are okay…that sounds like a tremendous earthquake.
I was living in California when the San Sylmar one hit. It jerked the house back and forth.
My belief is those reposting hateful tweets would just give them more voice which would probably please the haters.
Granny, glad to hear you weren’t injured during the quake. Take care of you.
Published on Aug 25, 2014
‘Michael Brown Funeral’ Eulogy Al Sharpton Michael Brown Funeral Eulogy Prayers by TD Jakes and Jamal Bryant Michael Brown Funeral Eulogy Al Sharpton, Prayers by TD Jakes and Jamal Bryant Mike Brown Funeral Eulogy Al Sharpton, Prayers by TD Jakes and Jamal Bryant
http://youtu.be/vsA6zfyA4mQ
Thank you for this.
Elon James White @elonjames
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Here’s what I think folks are are really afraid of:
A whole new generation of folks who just woke up & they ain’t going back to sleep.
12:55 PM – 25 Aug 2014
And Elon is certainly one of those folks. He might of thought he was awake before Ferguson. But the tear gassing REALLY woke him up.
https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/503954789710192640/photo/1
http://youtu.be/sOahbK-RPPU
http://youtu.be/OOV2VBkk35g
To the Editor: SILENCE! Speak no more on this! You have revealed yourself to be disrespectful of a child of God being laid to rest today!
They really do need to either STFU OR APOLOGIZE
Because this Sean McElwee is absolutely killing them with his comparison tweets.
(Mr. Editor: I do believe in freedom of speech and freedom of the press and your freedom to express yourself….but, you need to work on being decent as you do so on the day that Michael is being buried.
Remember, when Hedy Lamarr stole things, the press simply called her a “kleptomaniac”)
https://twitter.com/SeanMcElwee/status/503937572444598272/photo/1
NY Times Editor, are you without sin?
https://twitter.com/francisadujr/status/503951216741986305
Kneeling down and respecting this truthful observation and PRAYING for change.
I’m with you.
VMAs: Common Leads Moment of Silence for Ferguson
7:00 PM PDT 8/24/2014 by Hilary Lewis
Common got serious at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, prefacing his presentation of the award for best hip-hop video by urging those in the audience and at home to take a moment to remember what happened this week in Ferguson, Missouri.
After saying that people’s attention has been drawn to the civil rights protests, he called for a moment of silence “for Mike Brown and for peace in this country and in the world.”
The audience at the Forum complied with Common’s request, and, as the camera panned across the crowd, Snoop Dogg could be seen flashing a peace sign as he had his head bowed.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/vma-2014-common-leads-moment-727433
Michael is going home to be with God and His love.
http://youtu.be/uJaWxsdTtsM&rel=0
“He cares, He cares, He cares
I know He cares.
He cares for you.
He cares for you.”
RevAl: “The first will be last.” “Justice gone come.”
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Up in here! Up in here! Rev Al drops the mic
“Justice gone come..”
I like that.
LOL! Me too, Liza!
I ‘ve missed it. What’s happening?
https://twitter.com/SeanMcElwee/status/503936107999166464/photo/1
meta @metaquest
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@nytimes seems to have this unrelenting need to portray white killers as having normal lives & black victims as always appearing suspicious.
12:01 PM – 25 Aug 2014
https://twitter.com/SeanMcElwee/status/503943934834638848/photo/1
Rev Al: “The value of this boy’s life must be answered by somebody!”
x 1,000,000,000,000,000000000!
Yahtc, did you see the tweet where FPD gave Darren Wilson 5 days to clean up his online postings and then he left the state. Where is he? Texas?
Preach it!
https://twitter.com/SeanMcElwee/status/503933399820951552/photo/1
“God WILL make a way for His children!!”
https://twitter.com/SeanMcElwee/status/503933720827809794/photo/1
NYT being called out for EPIC FILTH.
Rev Al: “No community in America would tolerate an 18 year old boy laying in the street for 4 1/2 hours and we won’t tolerate it either”.
Uh oh…Rev Al went there…
Rev Al: “Now you wanna be a nigga and call your woman a ho .. you’ve lost where you’ve come from!”
Call them out, Rev Al—>Ferguson police department<—- They can't come up with a police report but can find a video. Tell it!
Shame on them….deplorable!
Brian Beutler ✔@brianbeutler
No fan of @nytimes “angel” graf, but contrasting it to descriptive passages in profiles of imprisoned white psychopaths isn’t very revealing
aspirational12 @aspirational12
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@brianbeutler It is quite revealing, unless one is denial about something. @nytimes
11:46 AM – 25 Aug 2014
Elias Isquith ✔ @eliasisquith
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NYT Brown profile is testament not only to power of white supremacy but also the amorality wrought by a craven fear of appearing “biased”
9:39 AM – 25 Aug 2014
Rev. Al is speaking at Michael Brown’s funeral right now.
Rest in peace, Michael, in His loving arms of peace, comfort and joy.
“The Holy City”
http://youtu.be/28LIXGF2d1o&rel=0
Lifting up the Brown family in prayer. Give them comfort and strength during this dark time in their lives.
Amen.
Amen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb6uk6v5W3A
Oh dear lord. Mike Mike prophesized his death.
I missed what his step mother said, Ametia. CNN cut away. I’m on the live stream now.
a prophetic dream….
and then he also knew that he was going to SHAKE the world!
SG2:
Live Stream – Michael Brown Funeral
http://youtu.be/38vvdPgBOQs&rel=0
Thank you, Yahtc. I’ll embed it.
Touch not my anointed and do my prophets no harm.
Mike was anointed for this and that’s why his death has stirred the hearts of the people across the nation and world to stand up and protest.
May God be Merciful today with Michael’s family.
Rev. just assured them that in the future “the mystery of God’s healing WILL take place.”
My prayers go out to the Brown Family.
https://twitter.com/ChristinaKSDK/status/503918754410278912/photo/1
And you know what… DON’T START NONE, WON’T BE NONE.
April @ReignOfApril
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If this isn’t about race, imagine the roles reversed. Black cop kills unarmed white kid, scrubs social media, flees state. Y’all donating?
9:38 AM – 25 Aug 2014
AND HERE IT IS
April @ReignOfApril
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It was not JUST the unjustified shooting of #MikeBrown that led to protests. It was the systematic coverup & lack of information as well.
9:34 AM – 25 Aug 2014
Ladies,
if you could help with the posting of the livestream, I would appreciate it. I’m never really able to post livestreams.
https://twitter.com/BET/status/503893344292851712/photo/1
TheObamaDiary.com @TheObamaDiary
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Dead White Mass Shooter: “Poor pet, he had mental issues.”
Dead Unarmed Black Teenage Victim: “He was no angel.”
Your media, folks.
9:04 AM – 25 Aug 2014
White people who believe this only believe it because they want to. The lie is as big as Dallas. And everyone knows it’s a lie.
Live streaming
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/live-video/
LOLGOP @LOLGOP
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If only the urge to convict a dead black teenager were matched by an urge to investigate the officer who shot him six times.
7:52 AM – 25 Aug 2014
Jamil Smith ✔ @JamilSmith
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I’ll freely admit that I’m very sensitive about the “perfect victim” framing. But that paragraph in the NYT Brown profile is inexcusable.
7:56 AM – 25 Aug 2014
https://twitter.com/jamisonfoser/status/503904768906256387/photo/1
OMG NYT has gone beyond the pale with this fuckery. And what of Darren Wilson, killer cop? Did they run a piece on him and his racist cop buddies hopping from one racist failed police department to the next?
The New York Times sticks a knife into the heart of grieving parents & twist it on the day he is laid to rest. So painful and cruel.
Did they talk about Darren Wilson’s prior employment in a police station that had to be disbanded? Or how he was raised in a home by his felon mom?
Yes; that comment in the NYTs ( NOW YA’LL TAINTS) is INEXCUSABLE.
Since when does the writer of any piece get to tell a parent (s) when/if their child is/was ever an ANGEL?
I hope this POS is getting a ROYAL Twitter BEATDOWN!
of course they did. we knew that.
But the NYT didn’t write about this did they? Their supposed veiled racist POS writing will NEVER JUSTIFY Darren Wilson EXECUTING Michael Brown Jr. NEVER.
The guilty flee, but not usually with the aid of the local police department.
This whole clusterf*** is so riddled with corruption and racism and lies that it really ought to become the tipping point for nationwide police reform movements.
The killer cop in Ferguson is NOT going to go away, not today
https://twitter.com/emilykassie/status/503909367079763968
Michael…you are still on our hearts. RIP
Rikyrah,
I love the way you honor in your homegoing threads. You always do such a wonderful job.
Thanks SG2.
Yes, I couldn’t agree more, Rikyrah. You do Michael Brown Jr. and his family Proud in your honoring his Homegoing.
Agreed. Very eloquent, Rikyrah.
I love the way she honors the dead. I do. *tears*
Yes, you do Rikyrah….in a beautiful way