A demonstrator protests the death of
George Floyd in front of the governor's mansion in St. Paul, Minnesota
on June 1, 2020. Floyd's will be held June 9 in Houston, the family's
lawyer said Monday. PHOTO | SCOTT OLSON | GETTY IMAGES | AFP
Washington
A
funeral for George Floyd, the black man who died in US police custody
after a
Minneapolis officer knelt on his neck, will be held June 9 in
Houston, the family's lawyer said Monday.
"In
Minneapolis, there will be a memorial here Thursday, at 1pmto 3pm,"
said attorney Ben Crump, speaking at a press conference in Minneapolis
to report the findings of an independent autopsy.
"On
Saturday, there will be a memorial service in North Carolina, where he
was born, at 1pm to 3pm. And then on Tuesday, June 9, the funeral will
take place in Houston, Texas at 11 am," said Crump,who is representing
the Floyd family.
OUTRAGE
George
Floyd died on May 27 after a policeman knelt on the 46-year-old man's
neck for almost nine minutes. Floyd became unresponsive after almost
three minutes.
His death, captured on mobile phone
footage, reignited long-felt anger over police killings of African
Americans, and echoed high-profile cases that spurred the Black Lives
Matter movement such as the August 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in
Ferguson, Missouri, and the July 2014 choking of Eric Garner in New
York.
AUTOPSY
Nationwide
uproar sparked over police brutality, and protests and rioting – many
that turned violent – erupted in more than 140 cities over the weekend.
Crump
announced the results of an autopsy arranged by Floyd's family that
shows he was suffocated by a Minneapolis police officer rather than
dying from pre-existing heart problems as claimed by the official
ruling.
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