Michael Jackson's Send-Off Celebration: Second to None

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Michael Jackson's memorial celebration was, by far, the best I have ever seen. It had moments of laughter, somberness, music and just raw emotion. I cried when Usher broke down and when the King of Pop's daughter Paris spoke about her father. Let me echo Marlon Jackson's words, "I hope they will leave Michael alone now." Yes, I have all the haters, the skeptics, the critics, the analysts and the envious will leave this man alone. Props to Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee for reminding her associate, Peter King, that the Constitution of America guarantees all the right to be innocent until proven guilty. He called Michael Jackson a low-life and a pervert. That is quite contrary to the fact. A low-life and a pervert would not have received such a royal send-off to eternity.

Rev. Al Sharpton hit home with his pointed comments, aimed at the critics of Michael Jackson. "When Michael started, it was a different world, but because Michael kept going, because he didn't accept limitations, because he refused to let people decide his boundaries, he opened up the whole world in the music world," Sharpton said. "He put on one glove, pulled his pants up and broke down the color curtain."

Sharpton then addressed Jackson's children.

"There wasn't nothing strange about your daddy," he said. "It was strange what your daddy had to deal with, but he dealt with it." Amen.