Chicago (Reuters) - gun violence when the national debate took a highly personalized turn first lady michelle Obama girl was killed nearly a Chicago Obama's home, a few days later, she was in the presidential inauguration ceremony in Washington.
The first lady and the top of the federal, state, and city officials took part in Saturday's hundreds of mourners at a funeral, 15 Hadiya pendleton, who was killed in her Chicago high school nearby park, casting bitter gun violence in the national debate personal Obama a.
The first lady met privately pendleton member of the family and her friends and classmates before the funeral of about 30. She sat near the church the White House senior adviser Valerie · JiaLe characteristic. Education secretary Arne Duncan (Arne Duncan), he once led the Chicago public schools, sitting beside JiaLe characteristic.
The mayor of Chicago Mr · Emanuel, Illinois governor pat quinn, chairman of the board Tony Preckwinkle cook county, Illinois attorney-general lisa MaDiGen and the representative of the United States Danny Davis and Bobby rush between condolences.
, "her aunt, Linda Wilkes said," touch, Hadiya life on this planet, mother, father, family and the government. "If this does not mean that light and the power of love, we are family deeply shrouded in darkness."
Pendleton body rest silver casket, surrounded by flowers more harvest Chicago Baptist church's funeral service.
Pendleton mother, cleopatra cowley pendleton, thanks to the funeral procession continuous support, because her daughter's death, sometimes talking about when she laughed.
"You don't know, how difficult it is. For those who know how difficult it is, I'm sorry," cowley pendleton said. "No mother, no father once met so."
, was shot pendleton, police said is a misattribution, help in a turf war, she and her friends in the park near her school from heavy rains.
Gun violence CLOSE TO HOME
A sophomore in college preparatory Martin Luther King, pendleton her school band eight days ago in the United States President barack Obama's inauguration.
A "we the people" signed the petition of more than 1000 people, calling for the President and his family to attend the funeral of pendleton at the White House website. The first family family about a mile from the park pendleton killed place.
At the back of the funeral program including a handwritten note copy, from President Obama to Hadiya parents, cowley pendleton and Nathaniel Anthony pendleton:
"Dear cleopatra and Nathaniel, michelle and I just want you to know how to break the heart, we are to have heard about Hadiya passing. We know, if not we can soothing pain, but the rest assured, we all pray, pray for you and we will continue to work hard, we can end the meaningless violence. God bless."
Lance Robinson, 16 pendleton, a high school friends and stand in the street of the church, and two other friends. All three wearing sweater, in their "rest in peace Hadiya".
"She always want to change the world," said Robinson. "It is a shame, she has been dead do this."
Jacqueline Johnson, 49, Chicago, she said she believes that the first lady attendance is a positive thing.
"I think she sent a message about Chicago violence, and hope it will work," Johnson said.
The death of pendleton the holocaust and a grade students and six adult primary school in Connecticut in December of, the United States sparked intense debate, easy access to guns. To this, Mr Obama called for new restrictions offensive weapons and high capacity of ammunition magazines.
Pendleton killing stimulated requirements from civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who also attended Saturday's service, and family's murder victims Obama in Chicago, America's third largest city solve gun violence.



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