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Eulogy. For perspective on todays event, lets turn to two journalists who have been covering this from the start. Msnbcs craig melvin, at the church in st. Louis. And the craig, tell us what the funeral was like. They were expecting north of 4,000 people. At last check, Church Officials told us there were about 4500 based on the capacity. Church was packed. They actually ended the service early. They cut off six or seven speakers because they did not want it to go another 30 minutes or an hour. It was at times a somber service, a somber ceremony. At other times it was spirited. For those of us who grew up in the southern black baptist church, it was very familiar. I spent some time yesterday talking to Michael Browns parents, and they told me the kind of funeral that they wanted to have. They wanted their son to be remembered for the young man that he was. But they also wan ....