The final rites of George Floyd have began today as he is going to be laid to rest next to his mother . The black man was killed due to police brutality which has sparked up protest across America with people demanding an end to racial injustice and inequality.
Rev. Al Sharpton led the family of George Floyd into the sanctuary, as several police officers from Texas Southern University stood guard at the entrance, wearing face masks printed with Floyd’s dying words. ( “I can’t breathe”).
Guests at the funeral service are Sylvester Turner, Houston’s mayor, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, Houston Texans player J.J. Watt, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Jamie Foxx, Ne-Yo, Channing Tatum , and Floyd Mayweather, the boxer, who covered the family’s funeral costs. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gave a message to mourners via a prerecorded video, in which he paid his respects to Floyd’s family and implored Americans to continue to fight against racism and injustice.
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