Watch Rev. Al Sharpton deliver a eulogy at Michael Brown's funeral.
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[SOURCE] President Barack Obama is sending three White House officials to the funeral service of Michael Brown.
Leading the group for Monday's service will be the chairman of the My Brother's Keeper Task Force, Broderick Johnson. My Brother's Keeper is an Obama initiative that aims to empower young minorities. Johnson is also the secretary for the Cabinet.
Also attending will be the deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, Marlon Marshall, and an adviser for the office, Heather Foster.
The White House says Marshall is a St. Louis native and attended high school with Brown's mother.
With all of the negative news coming out of Chicago especially when it comes to young black men killing each other it's nice to report on a group of young men doing something positive.
A team from the south side Chicago made up of all black players beat a team from Nevada 7-5 today to become the US Little League Champions. They next face a team from South Korea for the world championship. Congratulations on the teams victory and good luck in the Little League World Series Championship game.
It's been two weeks and the Ferguson Police Dept. (not to be confused with the Keystone Cops) has just released what it claims to be the incident report from the Michael Brown shooting. They released only after the ACLU threatened to sue to get it. Well now we have it and the damned thing is almost blank and reveals no information about the shooting itself. Don't take my word for it, look for yourself.
Read the report: Michael Brown Shooting Incident Report
Owners of the Ferguson Market which Michael brown allegedly robbed say they never called 911 which directly contradicts the police version of events. Now both versions can't be right. I'm wondering why the national media which is covering all things Micheal Brown seems to be ignoring this aspect of the story. Thankfully the local St. Louis media is covering that aspect. Here is a report from on the store owners claims by KTVI, a St Louis television station.