George Floyd’s extended family shared their memories of “Big George” and called for justice during emotional remarks on Thursday at Floyd’s Minneapolis memorial service.
George Floyd's extended family shared their memories of "Big George" and called for justice during emotional remarks on Thursday at Floyd's Minneapolis memorial service.
Philonise Floyd speaks during a memorial service for his brother George Floyd following his death in Minneapolis police custody, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., June 4, 2020.George Floyd's extended family shared their memories of "Big George" and called for justice during emotional remarks on Thursday at Floyd's Minneapolis memorial service.
George Floyd's family speak during a memorial service for Floyd on June 4, 2020, at North Central University's Frank J. Lindquist Sanctuary in Minneapolis, Minnesota."We came up together. We didn't have much. Our mom did what she could. We would sleep in the same beds. Play video games together. Go outside and play football. I used to say to myself, man, you can't throw, you can't throw the ball, because the ball never came to me," Philonise Floyd said.
Several more services are expected in the coming days in North Carolina and Texas. Floyd's funeral will be held in Houston on Tuesday.Rev. Al Sharpton, who delivered Floyd's eulogy, used the address to announce a march against police violence tin Washington over the summer. "Just like in one era we had to fight slavery, another era Jim Crow, another era we dealt with voting rights, this is the era to deal with policing and criminal justice," Sharpton said. "We need to go back to Washington and stand up: Black, white, Latino, Arab, in the shadows of Lincoln, and tell them: This is the time to stop this.
This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, shows Derek Chauvin, from left, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by him and the other Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Kueng, Lane and Thao have been charged with aiding and abetting Chauvin.
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