Wearing a dress as red as her son's spilled blood, Michael Brown's heartbroken mother joined thousands of mourners at a St. Louis church Monday for his funeral.
Sitting in the front row, shaking her head and blotting her eyes, Lesley McSpadden wept openly near her son's black and gold casket, which had on it a St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap and a bouquet of red roses.
Brown, 18, was unarmed and wearing a Cardinals hat when he was fatally shot by a white cop Aug. 9 — an incident that sparked days of violent protests.
A choir in the church sang a song of hope in memory of Brown.
"I'm going to put on my robe, tell the story how I made it over," the altos, sopranos and tenors sang as dignitaries and guests including Spike Lee, Martin Luther King III and Bishop T.D. Jakes exchanged greetings before the funeral got under way.
Representatives from the White House were also in attendance.
Outside, a long line of mourners waited in the sweltering heat hoping for a seat in St. Louis' Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church.
Mourners filled the balcony and an overflow room.
Guests raise their hands as they wait to enter Brown's funeral on Monday.Photo: Getty Images
Brown's great uncle, Pastor Charles Ewing, was scheduled to deliver the eulogy, and the Rev. Al Sharpton was also expected to speak.
Brown, 18, was killed Aug. 9 in Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb, sparking days of unrest and clashes with law enforcement.
"All I want is peace," Michael Brown Sr., the victim's father, told hundreds of people at an anti-violence rally Sunday. "That's all I ask."
Meanwhile, more than 11,000 Ferguson students returned to school Monday after more than a week of missed classes.
Brown was a recent graduate of Normandy High School, where classes resumed as scheduled last week.
Spike Lee takes a picture of the black St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap placed on top of Brown's casket.Photo: Getty Images
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