Sentences with phrase «at the funeral of»

As a student, he was active in the Civil Rights movement and served as an usher at the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr..

He spoke at the funeral of Senator Daniel Inouye.

You forgot to mention the Christian group that demonstates at the funerals of our soldiers claiming that they deserved to die.

Most churches don't want him unless he changes the minute he walks in the door, and then there is the exposure to the Fred Phelps bunch... they're just great at the funeral of an AIDS victim... or other less famous hate mongers.

He and his followers at the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, made a name for themselves in the 1990s by protesting at the funerals of gay people who died of AIDS and, more recently, by protesting at the funerals of military officers.

Jackson has heard bullets fly through her front door; lost sleep due to the noisy drug - dealing going on nearby; shared her small apartment for months at a time with children taken from crack - addicted mothers; calmed hysterical young women beaten by their drunk boyfriends; wept at the funerals of young boys; and battled obstinate government bureaucracies to get a swingset for the rusty and littered «playground» at the center of the Smith Homes.

(Fifteen years later this «unsuccessful» prospect appeared at the funeral of Dr. Bob, a successful member of AA.)

Your family gathers at the funeral of your dearly beloved grandfather, a world traveler.

A Kansas church that attracted nationwide attention for its angry, anti-gay protests at the funerals of U.S. military members has won its appeal at the Supreme Court, an issue testing the competing constitutional limits of free speech and privacy.

It looks like that group of strange, angry people who protest at the funerals of U.S. soldiers who've died fighting for our country.

Or at the funeral of a longtime friend.

Editor's Note: CNN Supreme Court Producer Bill Mears files this report from Washington, DC The Supreme Court struggled Wednesday to find a constitutional balance between free speech and privacy in a case involving provocative anti-homosexual protests by a small church at the funeral of a soldier who died in Iraq.

He speaks of members of a small Kansas church who have gained nationwide attention for protesting loudly at funerals of U.S. service members, denouncing homosexuality.

The writer of an unsigned article in The New Yorker, describing a feeling experienced at the funeral of a friend whose long and happy life had been spent as a wife and mother, caught it well:

This column has several times commented on the extended honeymoon the present Holy Father has enjoyed in liberal circles; as Piers Paul Read commented in The Spectator, traditionalist Catholics had begun to be «dismayed» at this: «Had Pope Benedict forgotten what he had said in his address at the funeral of his predecessor... about the danger posed by moral relativism?

Michelle Obama was among the mourners at the funeral of former Chicago first lady Maggie Daley.

The former President Mahama said this during a brief remark at the funeral of a cousin Mr Abutu Johnny Walker at his hometown of Bole on Sunday March 26 2017.

Officers turned their back in protest when Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at the funeral of NYPD officer Wenjian Liu.

At the funeral of his father last year, Cuomo called Percoco «my father's third son who sometimes I think he loved the most.»

The opening story, At the Sound of the Last Post, sees the president orating at the funeral of a so - called fallen comrade.

The mayor and police commissioner also addressed the mayor's friction - filled relationship with the PBA and rank - and - file police officers and the recent episodes in which police officers turned their back on Mayor de Blasio at the funerals of murdered NYPD detectives Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.

The suspended chairman stated that he was only informed of the training by the National Women's Organizer, Otiko Djaba, at the funeral of Gladys Asmah of blessed memory.

The story was already a triumph for the opposition before a Mail on Sunday reporter's attendance at the funeral of Ed Miliband's uncle took us to a whole new place.

Politicians, well - known figures and family, filled Saint Patrick's Cathedral Tuesday afternoon at the funeral of John Timoney — who was known as a cop's cop and who once stood among...

Dr. Bawumia made the announcement when he spoke at the funeral of the late Chief Inspector.

The PBA's request explains: «Due to Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark - Viverito's consistent refusal to show police officers the support and respect they deserve, I believe that their attendance at the funeral of a fallen New York City police officer is an insult to that officer's memory and sacrifice.»

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, center, arrives at the funeral of slain New York Police Department Officer Rafael Ramos at the Christ Tabernacle Church on Saturday in the Glenwood section of the Queens borough.

Hundreds of NYPD officers on Tuesday turned their backs on Mayor de Blasio — again — at the funeral of a cop.

And when the governor spoke in 2015 at the funeral of his late father, he described Percoco as «my father's third son.»

He also faced some criticism from police officers who turned their backs on him at the funerals of two police officers assassinated while sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn in 2014 and took issue with him warning his half - black son, Dante, about the potential dangers of interacting with police.

Hundreds of officers outside Christ Tabernacle Church turned their backs on New York Mayor Bill de Blasio when he spoke Saturday at the funeral of Officer Rafael Ramos, 40, who, along with Officer Wenjian Liu, 32, was fatally shot last week in Brooklyn.

TRANSCRIPT: NYPD COMMISSIONER O'NEILL REMARKS AT FUNERAL OF NYPD DETECTIVE MIOSOTIS FAMILIA Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill: Good morning, everybody.

More than 100 people showed up yesterday to pay their respects and offer their memories at the funeral of Sadie Mitchell, the 92 - year - old Bronx woman, who was tragically killed by a stray bullet while watching TV on Oct. 20.

«Due to Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark - Viverito's consistent refusal to show police officers the support and respect they deserve, I believe that their attendance at the funeral of a fallen New York City police officer is an insult to that officer's memory and sacrifice,» the form reads.

He even pushed County Executive Ed Mangano on the issue while they were at the funeral of slain NYPD cop Wenjian Liu, a wiretapped phone call showed.

NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill delivered an impassioned speech at the funeral of slain cop Miosotis Familia on Tuesday, saying the hate against officers must stop.

Another source said that NYPD detectives showed up at the funerals of victims of the Madrid rail bombings in 2004, angering local officials and victims» families.

Members of the NYPD turn their backs as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the funeral of slain Officer Wenjian Liu.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Georgia Congressman John Lewis will be among the speakers at the funeral of New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter.

«Due to Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark - Viverito's consistent refusal to show police officers the support and respect they deserve, I believe that their attendance at the funeral of a fallen New York City police officer is an insult to that officer's memory and sacrifice.»

The send - off stands in stark contrast with the rank - and — file turning its collective back on Mayor de Blasio at the funeral of Ramos and Liu — perhaps the nadir of Bratton's term.

One factor was funerals: many of the dead had been present at the funeral of a sick person or had close contact with someone who had.

Hundreds of NYPD officers on Tuesday turned their backs on Mayor de Blasio — again — at the funeral of a cop.

One sequence in particular that displays the power and emotional range of Dale in the role, comes at the end of the film when he is left as the only man willing to bury his dead brother at the funeral of Kennedy's killer.

One, Travis (Michael Angarano), late for school, sees a protest by the Five Points Trinity Church and its leader, Rev. Abin Cooper (a stellar Michael Parks), at the funeral of a homosexual kid who was recently murdered.

We first meet Messner at the funeral of one of his boyhood friends, killed in action in Korea, and he has to be forced into paying his respects to the deceased's mother, and he then glibly dismisses his dead friend as an idiot for getting drafted in the first place.

She runs into him at the funeral of her playboy ex-boyfriend, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), and though she still has feelings for Darcy, she decides to move forward.

Duets is the first feature about karaoke I've seen, and Byrum uses it as a suggestive metaphor for the dreams of three sets of characters who've lost their way in terms of their personal and family identities: a karaoke hustler (Huey Lewis) who meets his daughter — a Vegas showgirl played by Paltrow — for the first time at the funeral of her mother; a traveling salesman (Paul Giamatti) who flips his lid after flying to Houston instead of Orlando and then going home to an indifferent wife and kids, and who eventually splits and hooks up with an ex-con (Andre Braugher); and a young cabdriver (Scott Speedman) who reluctantly agrees to drive a waitress and part - time hooker (Maria Bello) out west.

There are many reasons to see this film — the only criticism I would have is that there was a lot left unexpressed; the lack of portrayal of the history leaves the unfamiliar viewer guessing as to the reasons why the police are so indelicate at the funeral of Kevin's father.

His latest, «Our Little Sister», returns to similar territory, as a shy 13 - year - old girl meets her grown - up siblings for the first time at the funeral of their father.