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Mourners filled the cemetery forecourt, with many standing outside the prayer hall in the rain, listening to the service and eulogy over loudspeakers.

The religious overtones were unmistakable in Joseph Goebbels’ eulogy:

Not the fact that the president of the United States used a eulogy to divide a fractured nation even further by spewing bile.

The San Francisco Standard reported the event included prayers, eulogies and placards promoting dialogue.

“None of those men could ever imagine someone of Silcott’s race or color wielding that kind of power, despite the phony smiles and benign language used,” Mitchell said in his eulogy at Howard.