The ceremony in memory of George Floyd, whose death under the knee of a white police officer sparked a deep wave of anger in the United States and around the world, began Thursday in Minneapolis.
Reverend Al Sharpton, a figure in the civil rights movement, is to deliver a funeral eulogy at North Central Christian University in front of dozens of guests, including relatives, friends and public figures, while hundreds were gathered outside to pay tribute to him.
In the university amphitheater, the golden coffin was surrounded by bouquets of flowers and photos of this African American who died at the age of 46, asphyxiated during his arrest on May 25 in this big city of the State of Minnesota. A large mural with his now famous portrait and his name drawn was visible behind the platform.
Among the guests were Roxie Washington, the mother of George Floyd’s daughter, Martin Luther King III, the son of the icon of the struggle for the civil rights of the black minority in the United States, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, other community figure, and Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar.
George Floyd’s body was transported to the university late in the morning. As the hearse passed, Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo had kneeled on the ground, a symbolic gesture of denouncing police violence against African-Americans.
Another tribute ceremony is planned for Saturday in Raeford, in his native state of North Carolina, then his funeral will take place on Monday in Houston, Texas, where he grew up before joining Minneapolis, in the north of the country. The final funeral ceremony will be celebrated in privacy on Tuesday.
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The ceremony in memory of George Floyd, whose death under the knee of a white police officer sparked a deep wave of anger in the United States and around the world, began Thursday in Minneapolis.
Reverend Al Sharpton, a figure in the civil rights movement, is to deliver a eulogy at North Central Christian University in front of dozens …
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