WASHINGTON
— The White House says the head of President Barack Obama's initiative
for minority males will attend the funeral of a Baltimore man who died
after sustaining serious injuries while in police custody.
Broderick
Johnson, the chairman of the My Brother's Keeper Task Force, will
represent the administration at Monday's funeral for Freddie Gray.
Johnson is also the Cabinet secretary.
Gray
is the 25-year-old black man who died a week after an encounter with
Baltimore police left him with grave spinal injuries. He is being buried
Monday in Baltimore.
The White House said Sunday night that Johnson, a Baltimore native, will be accompanied by two other officials.
Mourners
paid their respects before Gray's coffin on Sunday, after a night of
violent protests led to nearly three dozen arrests.
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