The brown family asked me to give the eulogy today. I explained how i first took a call from michaels grandfather after seeing video of his grandsons body on the ground. For what ended up being more than four hours. When i saw michael laying there. I thought about how many of us were just considered nothing. How we were just marginalized and ignored. Whatever the circumstance and investigation lead to, to have that boy laying there like nobody cared about him. Like he didnt have any loved ones. Like his life value didnt matter. And i said to his grandfather, i dont know are what happened. But whatever we can do, ill be there to do it. The whole country has watched ferguson. We watched Michael Browns parents, even if their unimaginable grief, they have acted with grace and dignity. Leslie and michael, sr. Will have to do something that is out of order. They will have to lay their son to rest. Order says that children bury their parents. It is out of order for children to be buried by their parents. We should not sit here today and act like we are watching something that is in order. In all of our religious and spiritual celebration, let us not lose sight of the fact that this young man should be doing his second week in college. They had to break their mourning to ask folks to stop looting and rioting. Can you imagine . They are heartbroken, their son taken, discarded and marginalized. And they have to stop mourning to get you to control your anger like youre more angry than they are. [ applause ] their grief is unimaginable. But unfortunately there are families just like the brown family all over the country. What does god require of us . In three weeks, we saw marlin penek, a woman in los angeles laid out on the freeway, congresswoman maxine waters. A california highway patrolman hit her 15 times on video. With no weapon in her hand. Nothing. No threat to her. Right after that, a man, they said he had loose cigarettes. And they put an illegal choke hold on him. A man videoed it. 11 times he said i couldnt breathe and the man, the policeman wouldnt let him go. Later that week we see michael, laying on the ground. America, its time to deal with policing. We are not the haters. We are the healers. [ applause ] we cant ignore what we have seen. Thats why we must continue the to peacefully protest and get the change this country needs. I sat up in the hotel and took out my bible. I turned to the end of the book. I dont know how long the investigation will be. I dont know how long the journey will be. But i know how the storys going to end. The first will be last. The last will be first. The lion and the lam will lb wi down together and god will, god will make a way for his children. I have been to the end of the book. Justice is going to come. Justice is going to come. Justice is going to come. When i was a young activist and studying ministry, there was a famous theologian who said the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice. Dr. Martin luther king used to say that. It doesnt bend without the participation of all of us. I hope that with all of the trauma and all the reaction that we do our part to bring justice for all sides, not against police, but against wrong, if they are wrong. And the elements in the community that also need the to understand violence is not the way. Joining me now are antonio french, a st. Louis alderman, and patricia bynes, committeewoman of ferguson township. Thank you for being here tonight. Thank you for having us. Alderman, let me go to you fist. You have been on the ground so much in ferguson. Whats the mood like today after the funeral . I think its somber. This was an opportunity for people in the community to come out, show their support for their family, help them mourn and show them that we do have their backs for the long haul in their fight for justice. As you know, it was a well attended funeral. Hundreds, thousands of people came. I think it was a strong show of support for the family. Patricia, let me ask you. You were there with us this this morning. Whats next for the town . Well, reverend al, first, thank you very much for your words. They were healing, not only to the family but to the community. It was a message that we neededed to hear. I want to thank antonio for helping and coming out and helping us here in ferguson. Because whats next is the hard work where we are rolling up our sleeves. Now is the real stranl strategy meetings. Were going to be focusing on voter education. We have had a lot of registration. We want people to understand what they are voting for and what their vote impacts. We are going to be working to make sure businesses want to come back and invest in ferguson. This is the hard part. This is the part where all of us are going to get involved and turn this around. Now i want to ask you this, patricia. The shooting after the shooting happened. I referred to it this the eulogy. Michael browns body was left in the street for more than four hours. The New York Times put together a timeline of what happened. At 12 07 p. M. On saturday, august 9, county Police Received a report of the shooting. A paramedics arrived at 12 10, checked for a pulse. Officers arrived at 12 15 and used a sheet to partially cover the body. Detectives didnt arrive for more than an hour around 1 30. It was another hour, around 2 30 before forensic investigator arrived. The body was finally checked in to the morgue at 4 37. Can you talk about how upsetting this was for the family and the community for this young man to lay there over four hours . Patricia . I dont know if she can hear me. Now i hear him. We got you back. I dont know if she can hear me. But i think i can hear you now. A lot of people did not get how this, in many ways was what outraged a lot of the young people in the community is that he laid there for four hours and his family and everyone coming out, coming around. And they wouldnt move the body. Wouldnt let they roped it off. Wouldnt let the family near him. Hes just laying there. And patricia. I think this timeline of him laying there. Youre back with me. This is what really outraged a lot of the neighborhood and the community. And really added to the pain of the family. Youre exactly right, rev. When i got to the scene, his body had just gotten picked up. People were outraged. I heard them say things like they treated him like he was trash in the middle of the street. They wouldnt let a dog lay down in the middle of the street that long. Thats where the outrage is coming from. When people dont understand why people in the community are so angry and this happened so openly, in broad daylight, in front of their homes. People couldnt leave their doors and look out their windows without seeing this. This is what the outrage is for for the lack of human respect that seemed to have taken place regarding the way this happened. This is what the outrage is really about. Antonio, you know, another really startling front page in the post dispatch this weekend showing the disparity between the percentages of black residents in local towns compared to the percentage of the black police officers. In ferguson, 67 of the residents are black. Only 7 of the police officers. But thats not alone. In Belle Fontaine which neighbors ferguson, 73 of the residents are black compared to just 3 of the police. In river view where 70 of the blacks are residents, there are no black officers. In 30 of the 31 communities the paper looked at, the percentage of black residents is higher than the proportion of black officers. What kind of problems does this cause, antonio . It causes a huge problem. You know, the situation in ferguson is not unique. Especially for communities out here in north st. Louis county. You have a lot of cities that are largely africanamerican with largely white Police Forces. Those White Police Officers are not even from the community. They come from other communities to police those neighborhoods. That creates a great deal of tension, especially among the young africanamerican men who are dispronorgs natalie the one who is are pulled over, arrested, charged and face abuse often. Hopefully we are about to turn this moment into a movement and try to repair injustices and inequalities that occur in st. Louis and hopefully across the country. I want to say quickly Michael Browns father spoke eloquently at a peace rally last night. I want to play quickly what he said. Tomorrow all i want is peace while my son is being laid to rest. Please, please take a day of silence so we can lay our son to rest. Please. Thats all i ask. Thank you. Do you think the community will heed his appeal to remember his son in peace and to pursue justice but not do it with violence . I do. I even noticed last night there werent as many people out. Right now there arent very many people out. People want to respect the familys wishes. I believe tonight will be very silent. We are a community that we bounce back. Tomorrow, dont be surprised if we are back out in the streets. This is where the real hard work begins. All right. Antonio french and patricia bynes, thank you so much to both of you for your time tonight. Thank you. Thank you. Coming up, should a special prosecutor take over the Michael Brown case . New questions tonight about that. And about the grand jury. 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We will not accept 3 5 justice. We will demand equal justice for Michael Brown, jr. That was attorney ben krump demanding justice for Michael Brown at his funeral today. That call for justice is echoing across ferguson and the entire nation tonight. Right now the criminal investigation remains in the hands of the st. Louis county prosecutor. While calls for it to be handed to a special prosecutor continue to grow. Joining me thousand is charlie dooley, st. Louis county executi executive. Thank you for being here tonight. Thank you for having me, reverend. First, i want to get your reaction to the funeral today. Do you think this service will help the town to move forward . Let me say this first, reverend. I think you did an outstanding job in your remarks. They were right on point. It made sense. It was not just to the family but also for the entire community. It was simply outstanding. Its about how we move forward. Its about justice. Its not about pro police. It is pro justice for all u. S. Citizens. Thank you. How do we move forward . We have serious questions being raised in the community about this prosecutor. Do you feel and we talked about this before do you feel it would add to a feeling of of stability and that justice can be achieved no matter what the answer may end up being if this prosecutor was not the one conducting the investigation . Reverend, i believe mr. Mcculloch is the wrong prosecutor for this case. An example he has done nothing to reach out to the community at large or to the family to say his condolences or anything that makes sense to the family. Hes the one thats responsible for the prosecution of this case. But yet hes done nothing to reach out to the family members themselves. That speaks volumes to this community. This community has no confidence in that individual prosecuting or investigating this case. But p this weekend, governor jay nixon was asked if he had confidence in st. Louis prosecutor robert mcculloch. Here is his response, charlie. I think that clearly he has experience. He has the office. The people here elected him. You know, you dont want to prejudge any of this. I know everybody is working hard. I think the Justice Department being involve ared. The local prosecutor, the investigators being involved. There are a lot of folks working on the street to make sure they get this one right. I think with that attention, i think they will move this case forward. What is your reaction to what the governor said . My reaction is this. If we really want to get it right you cant use a person thats a part of the problem. Thats bob mcculloch. I believe he cannot do the right thing in this case, has not shown sensitivity to the Africanamerican Community. They have no faith in his type of justice. Again, its the wrong person at the wrong time. I believe a special prosecutor will doer more for justice, just as the Justice Department comes in with the fbi and a separate investigation that gives credibility. Mr. Mcculloch has no credibility in the Africanamerican Community. He has done nothing to reach out to the community to soothe the family or the words hes spoken have said nothing to the outrage of the Africanamerican Community. Again, thats how people feel. If thats how they feel there is nothing he can do about it. What will cost him to step aside for one investigation . What will cost him to step aside for one prosecution to get an independent prosecutor would be the right thing in the community. More importantly, it would show the Africanamerican Community their voices are being heard and thats important to them. Now i understand you have been talking to the Justice Department. Can you share with us anything about those discussions and what you hope to get out of that cooperati cooperation . One of the things we have been talking about in the department of justice, how do we move forward . What strategies to bring the Community Together . One of the top strategies is getting young people involved in the process. If they are not part of the process there will not be a good solution. We want to get the community involved. We want transparency. What we know we want the public to knowment it will be a long tedious task. It wont come overnight. One of the major obstacles is how to build confidence in justice in the slut. Louis area. How do you get back the credibility with the Police Department . Africanamericans do believe in the Police Department. We have great police officers. When we have those that dont do what they are supposed to do, something needs to be done about that. St. Louis county executive charlie dooley, thank you for your time this evening. Thank you, re rend. Straight ahead, images that shocked the conscience of the thags. 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This military gear left many residents feeling like their neighborhoods have turned into a war zone. A local College Student and film maker named Bradley Rayford has been recording those scenes and talking to people in ferguson. He shared his footage with msnbc in an exclusive interview. This video shows the police i have never seen in all my years police in full riot gear as they were. [ bleep ]. That was a moment where i was transported from ferguson, missouri. I felt i was in a different country that was wartorn. Theyre burning that bad boy to the ground. The Police Department wont come down there. This is like living in beirut. My house is under siege. Ferguson, missouri, is replicated throughout the entire country. If you are in disbelief its happening and here, it can happen there, too. Police armed with military weapons on the streets of an american city. If it can happen in ferguson, it could happen anywhere. Joining he now is joan walsh from salon. Com the and Clarence Page from the chicago tribune. Thank you for being here. Thank you, reverend. Clarence, whats your reaction to president obamas review of the military gear in our Police Departments . Im glad to see they are finally doing it. People have been saying for years do the local Police Departments need armored personnel carriers and not just humvees but the large mrats, mine resistant vehicles. They are helpful in a flood if you want to clear trees and timber and all that. But to haul out what looks like the 82nd airborne for a peaceful demonstration. I havent seen that since 198 in chicago which was later called a police riot by reviewing commissions. We have learned a lot since the 60s. In ferguson we see a scene conservatives and liberals alike have been upset about. We see a new dialogue about maybe we went too far in the surplus weaponry we give to Police Departments. The white house review of the militarization of police would look at whether Police Departments should be receiving gear in the first place, how the gear is currently being used and whether the officers are being properly trained to use it. Do you think that scope is broad enough . Well, i think thats the beginning, reverend al. I think there probably needs to be more than that. Clarence is right. We saw Something Like this as a result of the student riots and urban riots of the 1960s, but not with this kind of equipment. You have a long story here that involves people moving out of the city. White people moving out of cities. The police force stays white. Then the police force moves out of the city and polices a city or neighborhoods they dont live in. Thats already a bad situation. That in itself causes friction and distance. Then you impose this unbelievable weaponry. Both the artillery, mraps, vehicles, Armored Vehicles and teargas. You have a police force perceived as an Occupying Army that begins to criminalize daily lives of the people they are supposed to be serving so we see scandalous number hs in ferguson of people stopped for routine traffic arrests. They dont pay the fines they are supposed to pay and they build up. So you have the criminalzation of the population. Policed and enforced by terrifying vehicles. Journalists saw it up close for the fist time. The president is likely concerned about it. It starts with a review but needs to continue with a change of policy. One thing i havent thought about until the last couple of days. Brought up by some observers that why do we have militarization of the police . Its the function of the militarization of the society. Yes. You go back to the National Rifle association saying the best way to confront a bad guy with a gun is a good way with a gun. This this has become a mentality now. Our Police Forces for years have been upset about the heavy armaments that street gangs and drug gangs have saying we need bigger guns than they have. But were talking about more than just bigger guns. Were talking about humvees. Raymond kelly, someone i disagreed with on stop and frix even raised questions about these programs that have local forces and it being reviewed. Watch this. I think the military equipment, the distribution of oh excess military equipment has to be examined. People get uneasy when they see humvees. Military vehicles. Heavy weapons. The fundamental question is whats the need . Do we need that equipment . Does it make them feel the police is an Occupying Army. Even ray kelly who we actuarialed about stop and frisk tactics in new york. Even hes questioning this. Vast police and military experience. When you think about it, back when republicans around the white house, conservatives were upset about the idea of our getting too militarized in our policing. Thats a consistent thing now that we see emerging. It took ferguson to bring it out. The fact that just the optics; as they say of the militarized police on the street. For what began as peaceful demonstrations. They have a way of finding their way in. But this kind of heavy arm meant isnt what you need in an urban setting. Right. You know, joan, this is not just ferguson. The federal government has a surplus of military equipment. Its been sending to Police Departments around the country. Since 2006. 533 aircraft. Over 93,000 machine guns and 432 mine resistant armored trucks. Why does the Police Department need a mine resistant armored truck . I dont know, reverend al. Couldnt you manual decommissioning some of this stuff . Turn them into big urban planters. Amusement park rides, something for the kids. Something at day care centers. Paint them pink. Make them less scary. Send them to the police force to be used to prey on citizens . Its surreal. Just because the military doesnt need it doesnt mean somebody else needs it. I dont need its like what kind of mindset leads you to that conclusion . I have to leave it there, joan and clarence. Thank you for your time tonight. Thank you. Thank you, reverend. Still ahead, are more u. S. Airstrikes on tap for the terror group isis . President obama is back with a key meeti ing today at the whit house. Stay with us. Hey, i heard you guys can help me with frog protection . Sure, we help with fraud protection. If there are unauthorized purchases on your discover card, youre never held responsible. You are saying frog protection . Fraud. Frog. Fraud. I think were on the same page. At discover, we treat you like youd treat you. Fraud protection. Get it at discover. Com say hi rudy. [ barks ] [ chuckles ] id do anything to keep this guy happy and healthy. Thats why im so excited about these new milkbone brushing chews. Whoa, im not the only one. 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After the execution of american journalist jim foley last week president obama warned that isis cannot be allowed to spread. From governments and peoples across the middle east there has to be a common effort to extract this cancer so it cannot spread. There has to be a clear rejection of niece eyde yol jis. One thing we can agree on is isil has no place in the 21st century. But today, as president obama considers policy options, we are also seeing the politics unfold. Once again pouncing on a Serious International challenge to insult the commander in chief. This is an administration which the kindest word i can use is feckless. The president says these things and never does it. Candidly, i dont want to hear how hes reacting to events like the mosul dam. I want to hear he has a ji to finish isis off. My concern is the strategy of leaving from behind has failed. Late today senator Lindsey Graham kept at it saying, quote, the president is becoming derelict in his duties as commander in chief. The same gop war hawks whose disastrous vision led the u. S. Into the region this the first place are beating the drums again. But president obama appears determined to look before he leaps back into war. Joining me now are Patrick Murphy, the first iraq war vet elected to congress and msnbcs chrkrystal ball. Thanks for being here. Thanks for having us. How can any law maker says the president is becoming derelict in his duty for taking a cautious approach to bombing halfway around the world. Right, reverend. In most cases the same folks that were the biggest cheerleaders for the iraq war which was a strategic blunder that cost over 4,400 americans their lives. You see the war drums beating here again. The air strikes we did near erbil in Northern Iraq against isis was because we had americans in imminent danger in the region, that consulate and military advisers. The republicans are fou making a major policy shift to say, look, they are one plane ticket away from hitting us in america. We need to do more. Its the war drums. Of course they dont want to talk about authorizing the president to act. They dont want to look at the war powers act or give authorization. Frankly the authorizationer for use of military force was back in 2001 and 2002 was only against al qaeda, not against isis. They dont want to debate that. They are not trying to get responsibility. They just want to throw stones at president obama. Yeahment. What is your take on this derelict of duty, krystal . Congressman murphy is right. They love to throw stones, love to criticize. Whats their solution . I have yet to hear that. There is never any foresight of, okay, say we go back in. Say we bomb isis. Say we go into syria which by bombing isis in syria we are indirectly partnering there with al assad who, if we havent forgotten, is not such a great guy who we were just recently thinking of taking military action against. So what then . What happens then . Do we have a power structure in place in iraq thats ready to take control and have a population that comes together and forms a unified iraq . Do we have an alternative in syria . Whats going to happen there . They are always quick to go for military action. But there is no foresight of whats going to happen next. I love Lindsey Grahams comments, derelict of duty and saying the president s policy of light footprint has failed. How about the last policy of the heavy footprint . Thats whats created the vacuum to start with. Its not like our previous interventions in the middle east have worked out great for us. Senator kelly ayott was asked whether congress could come together on a policy on isis if syria. Listen to her response. I do think congress can be brought together. First of all it starts with president ial leadership. Absolutely the congress has the to come together. I think it starts with president ial leadership. Do you think republicans really want their fingerprints on this . I mean, wouldnt they rather blame the president . They would rather blame the president , reverend. And they do it time and again. They did it with immigration. The Senate Passed the immigration bill. The house didnt vote on one. They did on a transportation bill because they didnt vote on one. The chamber of commerce is for it and labor unions are for it. Thats the biggest jobs bill we could do and infrastructure bill. Time and again they continued to punt and blame the president. The senator from new hampshire, senator ayott is saying we need president ial leadership. They are all busting his chops for being on vacation for two weeks. They have been on vacation for five weeks. Why arent the senate and house back in washington now tackling these issues, debating the issues . And give the American People their ideas on how to solve problems. In the meantime, krystal, as the president considers action in syria, the house gop is still suing him for taking action on health care here at home. Today they announced they hired a law firm for 500 an hour with legal costs running up to 350,000. Is this going to be the gop strategy through late summer into fall . More gridlock, more talk about lawsuits and impeachment . Its the only thing theyve got. They dont agree. The party is split on things like immigration. Theyve got no plan there. Lord thoughs they have to plan for getting the economy back on track and strong wage growth for folks struggling at the bottom of the economic ladder. They have no idea in those recommend realms. The only thing is their dislike to the president. John boehner thinks he can throw the base a bone with this lawsuit to quiet talk of impeachment. I guess that counts for being moderate in the gop. Just suing the president rather than calling for impeachment. Congressman murphy, do you believe they would sue . Theyre going to sue. They do it time and again. The problem is its wasting taxpayer dollars. The same exact people so upset about the National Debt and deficits have no problem with the war funding. Have no problem with the lawsuits that go nowhere. Its just like the Benghazi Special investigation. It went nowhere. It was a falsity. There was no controversy. We had four americans killed. It was a tragedy. There was no coverup, no special investigation. 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