Michael Browns kiste bæres her ud til gravpladsen efter ceremonien i kirken, der var fuldstændig fyldt op. Tusinder var mødt frem til begravelsen af den 18-årige Michael Brown. . Foto: Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT/Sipa USA.
Familie, aktivister og støtter mødte op i tusindtal for at mindes den dræbte Michael Brown i St. Louis, Missouri. Begravelsen blev holdt med gospel og lovtale i en fuldstændig fyldt kirke. Den kasket, Michael Brown havde på, da han blev skuddræbt af en hvid politimand, var placeret oven på kisten.
Begravelsen foregik i ro og orden. Bydelen Ferguson, hvor Brown blev dræbt den 9. august, har ellers været plaget af uro, der har blotlagt dybe spændinger mellem sorte og hvide i det amerikanske samfund. USA-eksperter mener, at landet stadig kæmper med en stor, racemæssig udfordring.
Der er meget stor forskel på, hvordan hvide og sorte opfatter raceproblemerne.
Det amerikanske analyseinstitut PEW har lavet en undersøgelse af, hvordan amerikanerne forholder sig til drabet i Ferguson. Undersøgelsen viser, at 80 procent af de sorte amerikanerne mener, at sagen rejser vigtige spørgsmål i raceproblematikken. Kun 37 procent af de hvide amerikanere mener det samme.
A general view of the media covering the funeral service of slain 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr., outside the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri on August 25, 2014. Michael Brown, the black teen whose shooting death by a white policeman ignited protests and a national debate on race, was eulogized at a cathartic funeral service Monday as a victim of abusive policing whose untimely death demands justice. Brown's family said goodby to their 18-year-son with gospel hymn....
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epa04368652 Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown is comforted by her husband Louis Head as she approaches the casket of her son at the beginning of Michael Brown's funeral at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church, St Louis, Missouri, USA, 25 August 2014. Eighteen-year old Michael Brown died after being shot in Ferguson Missouri by police officer Darren Wilson on 09 August 2014. Brown was unarmed when he was shot. The shooting caused racially charged clashes in Ferguson, on the outskirts....
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A woman reacts during the funeral services during funeral services for Michael Brown at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri, August 25, 2014. Family, politicians and activists gathered for the funeral on Monday following weeks of unrest with at times violent protests spawning headlines around the world focusing attention on racial issues in the United States. REUTERS/Robert Cohen/Pool (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
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epa04368436 A path for the family of Michael Brown is cleared during his funeral at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 25 August 2014. Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Michael Brown, the African-American teenager whose killing by a police officer sparked two weeks of sometimes violent protests. Brown was killed by a police officer August 9 in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, sparking local unrest and national debates over race relations and po....
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epa04368643 The Rev. Al Sharpton delivers the eulogy during funeral services for Michael Brown at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church, St Louis, Missouri, USA, 25 August 2014. Eighteen-year old Michael Brown died after being shot in Ferguson Missouri by police officer Darren Wilson on 09 August 2014. Brown was unarmed when he was shot. The shooting caused racially charged clashes in Ferguson, on the outskirts of St Louis during protests over the incident. EPA/ROBERT COHEN / POOL
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Michael Brown Sr. yells out as his son's casket is lowered into the ground at St. Peter's Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri August 25, 2014. Family, politicians and activists gathered for the funeral of teen Michael Brown on Monday following weeks of unrest with at times violent protests spawning headlines around the world focusing attention on racial issues in the United States. REUTERS/Richard Perry/Pool (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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epaselect epa04368424 Lesley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, leaves the grave site service during her son's funeral at St Peters Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 25 August 2014. Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Michael Brown, the African-American teenager whose killing by a police officer sparked two weeks of sometimes violent protests. Brown was killed by a police officer August 9 in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, sparking local unrest and national debates over race ....
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