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Remembering Michael Brown as a county grand jury panders possible criminal charges of the White Ferguson cop that gunned the unarmed Black teen down

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K a thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Friday, November 21, 2014 As the city of Ferguson, the nation and the Black community await a decision expected today or early next week on whether a county grand jury will indict the White Fergurson police officer that gunned down unarmed Black teen Michael Brown on criminal charges, a reprint of Brown's funeral, held earlier this year,  is re-published  below. By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) The casket of slain Ferguson, Missouri teen Michael Brown

Funeral services held for slain Black Ferguson, Missouri teen Michael Brown, Rev Al Sharpton delivers eulogy, thousands attend to pay respects

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K a thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) The casket of slain Ferguson, Missouri teen Michael Brown Slain Missouri teen Michael Brown ST LOUIS, Missouri - Funeral services were held on Monday for Michael Brown, the  Black teen slain two and a half weeks ago in Ferguson, Missouri by police officer Darren Wilson, whom witnesses say gunned him down when he was surrendering with his hands up. The case is currently before a county grand jury on whether to charge Wilson, who is White, with crimes relative to the unprecedented shooting. Some 4,500 people packed Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St

National NAACP demands special prosecutor in Michael Brown case, NAACP President Cornell Brooks tells Cleveland Urban News.Com that St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCullouch is pro Ferguson police and insensitive to the Black community, case is now before a county grand jury for possible criminal charges against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who is White and who killed Brown

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Cleveland NAACP Executive Director Cornell William Brooks   By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K a thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson  BALTIMORE, Maryland - The national NAACP is outraged at the decision by Missouri Gov Jay Nixon not to appoint a special prosecutor in place of St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert  McCullouch  in the case of a Black teen slain two weeks ago in Ferguson, Missouri by police officer Darren Wilson, who witnesses say gunned down Michael Brown, 18, when he was surrendering with his hands up. The case is currently before a county grand jury on whether to charge Wi