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![People are silhouetted against the sun as they wait in line to attend the funeral for Michael Brown at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri Michael Brown Funeral Ferguson](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/michael-brown-funeral-ferguson-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Attendees hold their hands up as some chant "Hands up don't shoot," while they wait in line to take part in the funeral services for 18-year-old Michael Brown at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri Attendees hold their hands up as some chant "Hands up don't shoot," while they wait in line to take part in the funeral services for 18-year-old Michael Brown at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/funeral-ferguson-michael-brown-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Lesley McSpadden watches as the casket containing the body of her son Michael Brown lifted into a hearse after his funeral services at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri Lesley McSpadden watches as the casket containing the body of her son Michael Brown lifted into a hearse after his funeral services at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ferguson-funeral-michael-brown-2.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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