Hey, I'm white, but what's a normal private family funeral for a black man normally killed by a fistful of cops? Is there a book of etiquette out there that treats this? The mercenary road show that Prof. Loury describes may reflect objectionable behavior by the entrepreneurs but it would take an exceptional person to resist their overtures. Me, I'd probably be feeling what Sharpton and Crump were broadcasting.
Perhaps a funeral as I see in Mexico would be more comforting to the parents and genuine mourners - not merely the grandstanders. the service is conducted in the church by the priest - this is afterall a Catholic country --before the immediate family and closest friends.of the disceasd. The cause of his death - violent or natural - doesn't matter for that is not the point of this service -it is a Christian burial designed to honor the disceased and comfort the tamily.
. Outside of the church, others from the community , stand quietly listening to the requiem mass going on inside waiting for the body to be carried out and put into the hearse to be born to the cemetary. There are no raucous speeches or histrionic displays - just the respect and dignity owed to the family .
The hearse leaves the church heading towards the cemetary and the crowd - still quiet - follows along behind the hearse and since this is Mexico, accompanied by horses and their riders. Those of us who are merely spectators also maintain our silence as the mourners pass. It is a very moving example which is far more respectful of the dead than the spectacle that Glenn describes but then, what would Al Sharpton have to do ? Probably nothing.
Hey, I'm white, but what's a normal private family funeral for a black man normally killed by a fistful of cops? Is there a book of etiquette out there that treats this? The mercenary road show that Prof. Loury describes may reflect objectionable behavior by the entrepreneurs but it would take an exceptional person to resist their overtures. Me, I'd probably be feeling what Sharpton and Crump were broadcasting.
Perhaps a funeral as I see in Mexico would be more comforting to the parents and genuine mourners - not merely the grandstanders. the service is conducted in the church by the priest - this is afterall a Catholic country --before the immediate family and closest friends.of the disceasd. The cause of his death - violent or natural - doesn't matter for that is not the point of this service -it is a Christian burial designed to honor the disceased and comfort the tamily.
. Outside of the church, others from the community , stand quietly listening to the requiem mass going on inside waiting for the body to be carried out and put into the hearse to be born to the cemetary. There are no raucous speeches or histrionic displays - just the respect and dignity owed to the family .
The hearse leaves the church heading towards the cemetary and the crowd - still quiet - follows along behind the hearse and since this is Mexico, accompanied by horses and their riders. Those of us who are merely spectators also maintain our silence as the mourners pass. It is a very moving example which is far more respectful of the dead than the spectacle that Glenn describes but then, what would Al Sharpton have to do ? Probably nothing.