Rev. Al Sharpton Fiery Speech at Michael Brown Funeral 8/25/2014

Al Sharpton Addresses The Crowd at Michael Brown funeral: ‘The value of this boy’s life must be answered,' Al Sharpton says – live Michael Brown shooting: Thousands gather as funeral begins in St. Louis. "I know how this story gonna end. The first will be last. The last will be first. The lion and lamb gonna lay down together. And God will, God will, God will make a way for his children. I been to the end of the Book. And justice is gonna come. Justice is gonna come. Justice is gonna come." "Michael Brown must be remembered for more than disturbances. He must be remembered for, ‘this was when they started changing what was going on.’ This is one of those moments. And this young man, for whatever reason, has appealed to all of us, that we’ve got to solve this. ... If we cannot focus and do what the lord requires of us, we’ll be right back here again.... "They had to break their mourning to ask folks to stop looting and rioting.... Can you imagine? They have to stop mourning to get you to control your anger. Like you more angry than they are. Like you don’t understand that Michael Brown does not want to be remembered for a riot. He wants to be remembered as the one who made America deal with how we going to police in the United States. This is not about you. This is about justice. This is about fairness. And America is going to have to come to terms when there’s something wrong, that we have money to give military equipment to police forces, when we don’t have money for training, and money for public education and... our children. America. How you going to look --to see that you can’t come up with a police report, but you can find a video? How do you think we look when young people march nonviolently... and you put snipers on the roof and point guns at them - how do we look?" "Before you get into heaven, before you put on your long robes, before you walk down the streets, you’ve got to deal with the streets in Ferguson and St Louis." In closing, the policies of this country cannot go unchallenged. We cannot have policing of low-level crimes but can’t deal with the higher level." "Blackness was never about being a gangster or a thug. Blackness was no matter how low we was pushed down, we rose up anyhow. Blackness was never surrendering our pursuit of excellence. It was when it was against the law to go to some schools, we built black colleges... we never gave up. Now, in the 21st century, we get to where we got some positions of power. And you decide it ain’t black no more to be successful. Now you want to be a n----- and call your woman a ho. You’ve lost where you’ve come from. We’ve got to clean up our community so we can clean up the United States of America." WATCH LIVE NOW: Funeral underway in St. Louis for Michael Brown, Ferguson police shooting victim ST. LOUIS, Missouri (AP) - Hundreds of people lined up in sweltering heat Monday to say goodbye to Michael Brown, the 18-year-old shot and killed earlier this month in a confrontation with a police officer that fueled almost two weeks of street protests. More than an hour before Brown's funeral was to begin, a steady stream of people started filing into the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis. Among them was Will Acklin, a black man from Little Rock, Arkansas. "It's important in that as a child I was pushed by police, mistreated by police, cursed by police, and I was a good kid," said Acklin, who is 63. "I was an honor student. When I heard this, I felt compelled to come here and show my respects." Angela Pierre, a machine operator who once lived in Ferguson, where the shooting happened, said she hopes the funeral helps turn a page and eases tensions. Most important, though, she hopes it provides healing for Brown's family. "I really wanted to just be here today to pray for the family and pray for peace," said Pierre, 48, who is black. "When all of this dies down, there still a mother, father and a family who's lost someone. Sometimes a lot of the unrest takes away from that." The church's sanctuary, which seats about 2,500, was filling quickly. Two poster-sized photos of Brown were near the casket, along with another photo of him as a small child. Brown's father, Michael Brown Sr., has asked protesters to take a break Monday and observe a "day of silence" so the family can grieve. "Tomorrow all I want is peace," he told hundreds of people Sunday in St. Louis' largest city park during brief remarks at a festival that promotes peace over violence. "That's all I ask." Early Monday morning, Brown's request appeared to be honored. At the Ferguson Police Department, where a small but steady group of protesters have stood vigil for two weeks, a handmade sign announced a "break for funeral." The West Florissant Avenue commercial corridor was also devoid of protesters, whose ranks have typically swelled as days turned to nights. Al Sharpton Fiery Speech at Michael Brown Funeral Statement Video