He did not know that he was offering up a divine prophecy at that time. He did not know how his name would be remembered, but were here today remembering the name of Michael Brown. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im michael yves. Youre looking live as family and friends say good buy to Michael Brown. Funeral services are going on for the teen who was killed bay police shooting. Other top stories were following at this hour. Freedom for journalists who had been held in syria for two weeks. And cleaning up after the quake. Napa valley residents assess the damage. More than two weeks after being killed Michael Brown is laid to rest today. Thousands are gathered at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church this afternoon paying their respect to the teenager. He was killed by a Police Officer sparking violent protests. Robert ray is in ferguson, robert, we just heard emotional words from the family. I wonder what is it like where you are . Yes, michael a celebration of life at the church
Five indictments. Sparking months of demonstrations including a couple of weeks of protests that sometimes turned violent. Jay nixon called a state of emergency in advance and called up the National Guard. Early last night he pleaded for calm and so did Michael Browns family after they were informed of the decision. Robert ray is in clayton, where the grand jury was working on the case of officer wilson. Robert you were there, as prosecutor mccullough announced the decision of the grand jury. What was the reaction of the crowd near you. Antonio, good evening. In front of the Justice Center in clayton, you know it was silent to be honest with you. Out here you could hear a pin drop as we were listening to the prosecutor, robert mccullough. You know interesting, details came out, the grand jury started meeting on august 20th, antonio. They met for 70 hours over the course of the past three and a half months. They were able to hear over 60 witnesses and they came to the conclusion that th