Posted on 08/24/2014 5:14:59 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Broderick Johnson
AprilDRyan @AprilDRyan
The head of the the Obama Administrations My Brothers
keeper Initiative,Broderick Johnson is attending Michael
Brown's funeral Monday
4:34 PM - 23 Aug 2014
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The Obama administration is sending Cabinet Secretary Broderick Johnson, an African-American who heads up an Obama initiative to help young black males, to lead the administration’s all-black delegation to the funeral on Monday of Michael Brown. Brown is the unarmed black 18 year-old robber shot dead in a confrontation by a white Ferguson, Missouri police officer two weeks ago in a case that has stoked racial tensions.
Johnson’s attendance at the funeral was first reported by April Ryan, White House Correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief for American Urban Radio Networks, in a posting on Twitter.
The Washington Post later reported two more black Obama administrations officials are being sent to Brown’s funeral. Marlon Marshall, Special Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy Director of Public Engagement and Heather Foster, Public Engagement Advisor. Both work under Valerie Jarrett.
The Post reported Marshall is from St. Louis and went to high school with Brown’s mother.
Johnson was appointed earlier this year by Obama to be chair of the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force which is aimed at helping young black males avoid the fate of the likes of Michael Brown and lead successful lives. Johnson’s official title is, Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, revealed by Politico this week to be Obama’s man in Ferguson, will deliver the eulogy at Brown’s funeral which will be held in St. Louis at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church according to BET.
Last week Obama dispatched Attorney General Eric Holder to Ferguson where he met with Brown’s parents among others in an effort to reassure the community of a “fair and independent” investigation. While in Ferguson, Holder spoke of a few incidents in his past when believes he was hassled by police for being black.
CNN reported earlier this week Obama has no plans to visit Ferguson anytime soon.
“He has spoken with elected and other leaders, and his public statements have been measured. No presidential visits to Missouri are planned for now although Attorney General Eric Holder is due in Ferguson on Wednesday.
“”I have to be very careful about not prejudging these events before investigations are completed. Because, although these are, you know, issues of local jurisdiction — you know, the DOJ works for me,” Obama told reporters on Monday. “And then when they’re conducting an investigation, I’ve got to make sure that I don’t look like I’m putting my thumb on the scales one way or the other.””
will they help ISIS with their Recruiting ?
I suppose the taxpayers will be stuck for the bill on the flowers.
Of course Barky couldn’t be bothered to send a delegation to a general’s funeral who got killed in Afghanistan or go get a marine out of a Mexican hellhole jail.
Wait until it comes out that in all probability the kid assaulted the the police officer and then started back to do it again before being shot.
“The message from this delegation:
Crime does pay. Start whining about the fake narrative and lo, and behold, you will get the attention of the president of the United States.”
The message is just stay on the plantation brother and the govt will take care of you.
this pathetic race baiting is getting worse than better. It is so sad... Gee, you would have thought that with all the millions of dollars that have been thrown into the inner city over the years, to create an Utopia, things would have improved immensely.
And to think they feel they can do this to the nation as a whole?
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