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Live updates from Michael Brown’s funeral in St. Louis

Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown, wiped a tear as she stood by his casket at his the funeral Monday at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis.
Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown, wiped a tear as she stood by his casket at his the funeral Monday at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis. New York Times, Richard Perry, pool The Associated Press

Michael Brown's relatives said goodbye Monday to the 18-year-old who was shot and killed by a police officer, remembering him as a "gentle soul" with a deep and growing faith in Christianity and ambitions that one day "the world would know his name." Thousands of mourners filled the massive Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis for the funeral. Mobile users, click here.

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This story was originally published August 25, 2014 at 10:08 AM with the headline "Live updates from Michael Brown’s funeral in St. Louis."

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