For ourselves wont solve the problems. Sitting around with ghetto pity parties, rather than organizing and strategizing and putting our differences aside. Yes, we got young and old. Yes, we got things we dont like about each other but bigger than our egos, bigger than who shot john. We need everybody because i going to tell you i dont care how much money you got, i dont care what position you hold. I dont care how much education you got. If we cant protect a child, walking down the street in ferguson, and protect him and bring justice, all you got, dont matter to nobody but you. We are required to leave here today and change things. Michael brown must be remembered for more than disturbances. He must be remembered for this is when they started changing what was going on. Oh yeah, there have been other times in history that became seminal moments. And this is one of those moments. That this young man for some reason has appealed to all of us that weve got to solve this and not continue
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
Overseas. Good evening, the Islamic State in iraq and the levant or isil is on the verge of a major victory in syria. Isil fighters could capture key town of kobane. [ explosion ] as you can see in that video there has been fierce fighting between isil fighters and Kurdish Forces defending the town and the u. S. And Coalition Partners carried out more airstrikes today. Kobane is on the border between syria and turkey and is an isilcontrolled territory. While turkey is keeping a close eye, turkey has yet to intervene. Its clear that the battle for kobanes is more intense than its ever been. Fighters from the Islamic State in iraq and the levant breached defenses to the east and south of the town late on monday. Since then kurdish fighters have been taking on isil street by street, building by building. The kurds are motivated and determined. Isil is more accustomed to sweeping through areas defended by soldiers with little appetite to fight. Kobane is different. U. S. Airstrikes have hi
Okay lets get to it. Breaking news out of ferguson, missouri, the grand jury has decided whether to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson. The prosecute are Attorneys Office will hold a nz conference latenewsconference later tonigh. Robert ray joins us, from ferguson, missouri, over to you robert. Tony, indeed, breaking news as we have been reporting for last two hours. The grand jury has a decision, we should know later tonight what that decision is. The sun has gone down, the temperatures are dropping. We are seeing some protesters and demonstrators walk around. Everything seems clean so par. The prosecutor is going to have a press conference. The mayor, the governor, tony. Any idea whether officer wilson has been arrested . So far, no indication. But that would be the situation. He would either have to come if the grand jury decides that they decided to indict him he would have to turn him in or be taken in i guess you could use the word arrest and brought in and then bond would have
Four years after he was found behind a wall in his fathers house. And the acquittal of Hosni Mubarak. Many are calling for an uprising and return to dictatorship good morning, im erica pitzi in for morgan radford. Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson resigned. He said in his Resignation Letter that he hoped his resignation would help the community to heal. On the streets of ferguson, it was clear that is a long way off. Jonathan martin is on the streets. How are residents reacting to this resignation . Good morning to you. The resignation was expected by many, coming as no surprise. It was a matter of when. Local leaders have spoken out saying they wish this had happened sooner, it would have had a greater impact and maybe eased tension in the community. This ring saying of Darren Wilson is Effective Immediately and during an interview with the state dispatch, he said that resigning is the hardest thing he had to do. Reporter in his Resignation Letter officer Darren Wilson wrote in fe