Hundreds of mourners Thursday attended the first of several memorials for George Floyd – an unarmed, handcuffed black man who was killed in police custody late last month.
“All these people came to see my brother. That’s amazing to me, that he touched so many people’s hearts. Because he’s been touching our hearts,” Floyd’s brother, Philonise, said at the service. “We want justice for George. He’s going to get it.”
Reverend Al Sharpton eulogized Floyd, saying he should not be among the deceased and he did not die from a common health condition.
“He died of a common American criminal justice malfunction. It is not a normal funeral, not a normal circumstance, but it’s too common and we need to deal with it,” said Sharpton.
At the end of the service, the crowd stood in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds — the length of time Floyd was pinned down by Chauvin.
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