Thousands were expected Monday at a funeral for a man who died after
sustaining serious spinal injuries while in the custody of Baltimore
police.
Funeral services were planned for 11 a.m. EDT Monday for Freddie Gray,
the 25-year-old black man who died April 19 after an encounter days
earlier with police left him with grave spinal injuries. Pastor Jamal
Bryant, who was to deliver Gray's eulogy, said he expected Baltimore's
New Shiloh Baptist Church to be filled for the service. A cemetery
burial was to follow.
In Washington, the White House said the head of President Barack Obama's
initiative for young men of color would attend. Broderick Johnson,
chairman of the My Brother's Keeper Task Force and a Baltimore native,
is to be joined by two other administration officials, a White House
statement said
Source: Yahoo News
Monday, April 27, 2015
Thousands Expected At Funeral Of Man Who Died In US Prison.
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