George Floyd, the African-American man whose death in police custody roused worldwide protests against racism, was extolled on Tuesday as a 'gentle giant' and a symbol of the oppressed's struggle for justice at a funeral in his hometown of Houston.
HOUSTON - George Floyd, the African-American man whose death in police custody roused worldwide protests against racism, was extolled on Tuesday as a “gentle giant” and a symbol of the oppressed’s struggle for justice at a funeral in his hometown of Houston.
Floyd’s death was captured in excruciating detail on a bystander’s video, with his words “I can’t breathe” shocking the world and triggering a wave of demonstrations against racism and police brutality against minorities. “This was not just a tragedy - it was a crime,” the Reverend Al Sharpton, a prominent civil rights leader, said in the main eulogy, referring to Floyd’s death.“Until these people pay for what they did we will be there with them because lives like George Floyd will not matter until somebody pays the cost for taking their lives.”
Underscoring the impact his death had on the world, the funeral was broadcast live on every major U.S. broadcast and cable news channel and the New York Stock Exchange observed 8 minutes 46 seconds of silence that was broadcast in silence on business news channel CNBC. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner thanked the Floyd family “for seeking justice for George while at the same time asking people all around the world to do it respectfully and peacefully.”
Outside the church in hot, humid, 90 degrees Fahrenheit temperature, two voter registration tables were set up.Family members of other black men who died in confrontations with white men attended.The mother of Eric Garner, the New York man who died in a police chokehold, was at the church as was the family of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Georgia man who was shot and killed in February while jogging. Three white men were charged.
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