George Floyd’s funeral to be held in Houston
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd’s funeral to be held in Houston

The Hindu  

George Floyd, the 46-year-old black man whose cold-blooded murder at the hands of a white police officer has sparked protests across the US, will be laid to rest in his hometown of Houston, following a public visitation in Minneapolis. Protests against Floyd’s death have taken place across the country and one protest, which went on for nearly 11 hours, involved hundreds of people gathered in downtown Houston to demand justice for Floyd. By authorising additional federal agents to serve as Texas Peace Officers we will help protect people’s safety while ensuring that peaceful protesters can continue to make their voices heard,” he said. Mr. Abbott’s deceleration comes less than a day after he activated the Texas National Guard and deployed state resources to the cities of Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin in order to maintain public safety.

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Minneapolis renames intersection to honor George Floyd
2 years, 7 months ago

Minneapolis renames intersection to honor George Floyd

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — The intersection where George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police officers was renamed in his honor Wednesday, among a series of events to remember a man whose killing forced America to confront racial injustice. Floyd’s brother Terrence was among family members to attend as a commemorative street sign marked the corner of 38th Street and Chicago …

George Floyd’s family holds rally, march in his memory
3 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd’s family holds rally, march in his memory

LA Times  

Artist Dennis Owes, 31, from Ghana, puts the finishing touches on his portrait of George Floyd during a rally on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Members of George Floyd’s family, and others who lost loved ones in police encounters, joined activists and citizens in Minneapolis on Sunday for a march that was one of …

For George Floyd, a complicated life and consequential death
3 years, 8 months ago

For George Floyd, a complicated life and consequential death

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — Years before a bystander’s video of George Floyd’s last moments turned his name into a global cry for justice, Floyd trained a camera on himself. “He just wasn’t going to ball up and act like he wanted to fight you.” On the basketball court, Floyd’s height and strength won attention from George Walker, a former assistant coach at …

Houston mural honoring George Floyd is unveiled in front of his high school alma mater
3 years, 11 months ago

Houston mural honoring George Floyd is unveiled in front of his high school alma mater

CNN  

CNN — Houston, Texas, leaders unveiled a two-block mural Saturday, dedicated to George Floyd and located directly in front of his alma mater, Jack Yates High School. “We come to celebrate the life and legacy of our hometown hero, Mr. George Floyd,” Carl Davis, chairman for the Houston Society for Change, said during the dedication ceremony over the weekend. Davis …

‘He is going to change the world’: Over 500 mourners remember George Floyd at Houston funeral; some states mull policies on use of police force
4 years, 7 months ago

‘He is going to change the world’: Over 500 mourners remember George Floyd at Houston funeral; some states mull policies on use of police force

Firstpost  

George Floyd was fondly remembered Tuesday as “Big Floyd” — a father and brother, athlete and neighborhood mentor, and now a catalyst for change — at a funeral for the black man whose death has sparked a global reckoning over police brutality and racial prejudice Houston: George Floyd was fondly remembered Tuesday as “Big Floyd” — a father and brother, …

`He is going to change the world': Funeral held for Floyd
4 years, 7 months ago

`He is going to change the world': Funeral held for Floyd

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — George Floyd was fondly remembered Tuesday as “Big Floyd” — a father and brother, athlete and neighborhood mentor, and now a catalyst for change — at a funeral for the black man whose death has sparked a global reckoning over police brutality and racial prejudice. Cellphone video of the encounter, including Floyd’s pleas of “I can’t breathe,” ignited …

George Floyd Laid To Rest In Houston After Emotional Service
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd Laid To Rest In Houston After Emotional Service

NPR  

George Floyd Laid To Rest In Houston After Emotional Service Thousands of people in Houston and around the country watched the funeral of George Floyd. JOHN BURNETT, BYLINE: The Reverend Remus Wright set the tone early in the service when he called on his packed church, The Fountain of Praise, to send George Floyd out in style. BURNETT: Houston could …

George Floyd hailed as 'cornerstone of a movement' at funeral; family calls for justice
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd hailed as 'cornerstone of a movement' at funeral; family calls for justice

India Today  

George Floyd, a black man whose death under the knee of a white police officer roused worldwide protests against racial injustice, was memorialized at his funeral on Tuesday as “an ordinary brother” transformed by fate into the “cornerstone of a movement.” During a four-hour service broadcast live on every major US television network from a church in Floyd’s boyhood home …

George Floyd funeral live: Latest updates as thousands attend memorial after police killing
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd funeral live: Latest updates as thousands attend memorial after police killing

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy George Floyd's private funeral service was held on …

Democrats introduce sweeping federal police reform legislation in wake of George Floyd death
4 years, 7 months ago

Democrats introduce sweeping federal police reform legislation in wake of George Floyd death

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman Karen Bass, senator Kamala Harris and others …

Thousands mourn George Floyd in Texas amid calls for reform
4 years, 7 months ago

Thousands mourn George Floyd in Texas amid calls for reform

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — The last chance for the public to say goodbye to George Floyd drew thousands of mourners Monday to a church in Houston where he grew up, as his death two weeks ago continues to stoke protests in America and beyond over racial injustice, and spurred France to abruptly halt the use of police choke holds. “It just hurts,” …

George Floyd To Be Buried Next To His Mother In Houston
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd To Be Buried Next To His Mother In Houston

NPR  

George Floyd To Be Buried Next To His Mother In Houston George Floyd, 46, will be laid to rest Tuesday in his hometown of Houston. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Houston, Texas - where today, George Floyd will be laid to rest. BURNETT: And, of course, we won't know whether George Floyd actually changed the world until protests are followed up with …

Family reflects on George Floyd’s legacy at his Houston funeral
4 years, 7 months ago

Family reflects on George Floyd’s legacy at his Houston funeral

LA Times  

As they gathered to lay George Floyd to rest Tuesday, extended family from across the country said they hoped to continue the movement that started in the wake of his death. 2 / 17 Family and friends of George Floyd enter the Fountain of Praise church for his funeral on Tuesday in Houston. 3 / 17 A man draws an …

George Floyd protests: US Navy will ban Confederate flag
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd protests: US Navy will ban Confederate flag

The Telegraph  

The US Navy is working to ban the Confederate battle flag from all public spaces on Navy installations, ships and aircraft, the service said on Tuesday, as the military grapples with questions about racial inequality raised by the Black Lives Matter protests. The Navy made the move amid demonstrations across the United States and other countries sparked by the death …

George Floyd protests: Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin has bail set at $1.8m, Donald Trump says there will be no disbandment of police
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd protests: Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin has bail set at $1.8m, Donald Trump says there will be no disbandment of police

ABC  

Bail for the former police officer charged with the murder of African-American man George Floyd has been raised to US$1.25 million and US President Donald Trump has rejected calls from some Democrats to defund police departments. Bail for the white former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering African American George Floyd, whose death ignited two weeks of protests, was raised …

George Floyd funeral: Civil rights attorney pays respects
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd funeral: Civil rights attorney pays respects

LA Times  

As soon as he arrived in town, Daryl Washington drove to the mural and stared up at George Floyd’s eyes. For Black people in this country, Floyd’s last words — “I can’t breathe”— served as yet another devastating reminder of the dangers of interacting with the police. “What happened to George Floyd has been happening to brothers all across this …

June 8 George Floyd protest news
4 years, 7 months ago

June 8 George Floyd protest news

CNN  

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Texas Gov. The governor noted the significance of Floyd’s death for his state and the country, saying “George Floyd is going to change the arc of the future of the United States.” The governor said he had the opportunity to visit with the Floyd family and is committed to working with the family to “ensure we never …

Somber memorials for George Floyd as protesters demand police reforms
4 years, 7 months ago

Somber memorials for George Floyd as protesters demand police reforms

LA Times  

The protests over the police killing of George Floyd took a sober turn Monday with memorials across the city as well as calls for fundamental changes in policing in Los Angeles. 1 / 18 Four coffins are displayed in downtown Los Angeles in memory of George Floyd and others killed by police. 2 / 18 Pastor Eddie Anderson, foreground, joins …

Thousands of mourners visit George Floyd’s casket in Houston to pay respects
4 years, 7 months ago

Thousands of mourners visit George Floyd’s casket in Houston to pay respects

CNN  

CNN — Thousands of mourners gathered at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston on Monday to pay their respects to George Floyd, whose death in Minneapolis police custody has sparked protests around the United States and across the world. “If he was told he would have to sacrifice his life to bring the world together, and knowing him, I …

Mourners Pay Their Respects To George Floyd At Public Viewing In Houston
4 years, 7 months ago

Mourners Pay Their Respects To George Floyd At Public Viewing In Houston

NPR  

Mourners Pay Their Respects To George Floyd At Public Viewing In Houston Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP Updated 10:50 p.m. Enlarge this image toggle caption Lucio Vasquez/Houston Public Media Lucio Vasquez/Houston Public Media His family will hold a private funeral service Tuesday in Houston. Sponsor Message Political figures in attendance Joe Biden, the former U.S. vice …

George Floyd’s Houston memorial reminds friends what they survived
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd’s Houston memorial reminds friends what they survived

LA Times  

OG Bezel, right, joins other visitors at the mural honoring George Floyd in the Third Ward in Houston on June 7, 2020. The new mural of George Floyd across from the public housing project where he grew up reads, “Texas made, Third Ward raised,” and to longtime friend Van Dickerson, that was a badge of honor. It was just: When …

Crowds Gather For George Floyd's Memorial In Houston
4 years, 7 months ago

Crowds Gather For George Floyd's Memorial In Houston

NPR  

Crowds Gather For George Floyd's Memorial In Houston A crowd has gathered in Houston Monday to pay respects to George Floyd. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The city of Houston begins two days remembering and mourning George Perry Floyd Jr. Today his body lay in an open coffin in a megachurch for the public to pay respects. JOHN BURNETT, BYLINE: George Floyd …

From small towns to cities, US sees biggest rallies yet for racial justice
4 years, 7 months ago

From small towns to cities, US sees biggest rallies yet for racial justice

Live Mint  

Demonstrations were planned across the United States on Sunday to demand racial justice after George Floyd's death in Minneapolis police custody, with weekend rallies spreading to smaller communities including an east Texas town once a haven for the Ku Klux Klan. In Washington, tens of thousands of people chanting "I can't breathe" and "Hands up, don't shoot" rallied at the …

Floyd mourned, celebrated as death used as call to action
4 years, 7 months ago

Floyd mourned, celebrated as death used as call to action

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A mural honoring George Floyd was projected above his golden coffin, where mourners knelt and cried, paused and prayed Thursday at his memorial service. “The reason we could never be who we wanted and dreamed to be is you kept your knee on our neck,” Sharpton said in reference to Floyd’s May 25 arrest, during which a white …

George Floyd memorial marks moment of healing and reckoning for Minneapolis and country
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd memorial marks moment of healing and reckoning for Minneapolis and country

LA Times  

Musicians are set up near a portrait of Floyd at Thursday’s memorial. “Hopefully, with everybody out here like this, it will change.” He added: “It would take a miracle, though.” Shafi, a 21-year-old born in Kenya who’s lived her whole life on Minneapolis’ south side, said even though she couldn’t be inside the chapel, she wanted to be there for …

Thousands march in Houston to pay tribute to George Floyd
4 years, 7 months ago

Thousands march in Houston to pay tribute to George Floyd

The Hindu  

Tens of thousands of people marched peacefully through the streets of downtown Houston, wearing masks and chanting ‘Black Lives Matter’, to pay tribute to 46-year-old African-American George Floyd, whose death in police custody in Minneapolis triggered violent protest s across the United States. Chanting “hands up, don’t shoot” and “no justice, no peace”, the crowd, estimated to be over 60,000, …

Floyd Mayweather to pay for George Floyd funeral: report
4 years, 7 months ago

Floyd Mayweather to pay for George Floyd funeral: report

The Hindu  

Retired ring great Floyd Mayweather will pay for the funeral services for George Floyd, Mayweather Promotions chief executive Leonard Ellerbe told ESPN on Monday. George Floyd died last week after a Minneapolis policeman knelt on the 46-year-old man's neck for almost nine minutes. Ellerbe said that Floyd's family had accepted Mayweather's offer to pay for funeral services. Mayweather “has done …

US protests latest: Donald Trump criticised for St John's Church photo op, New York City extends curfew to try to stop looting
4 years, 7 months ago

US protests latest: Donald Trump criticised for St John's Church photo op, New York City extends curfew to try to stop looting

ABC  

US President Donald Trump has been criticised for a photo opportunity at a famous Washington DC church in the midst of sustained protests against police brutality across the United States. World soccer's governing body FIFA has asked competition organisers to use "common sense" with players who show messages of protest over the death of Mr Floyd. Mr Trump said he …

George Floyd death at hands of Minneapolis police was homicide, says updated medical examiner's report
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd death at hands of Minneapolis police was homicide, says updated medical examiner's report

ABC  

A local medical examiner's report has ruled that the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis was a homicide. Key points: The report found Mr Floyd died from a loss of blood flow while being pinned down Hennepin County updated its findings to rule the death as homicide Mr Floyd's killing has triggered nationwide protests against institutional racism The report was …

White people pray in George Floyd's hometown of Houston and ask for black community's forgiveness
4 years, 7 months ago

White people pray in George Floyd's hometown of Houston and ask for black community's forgiveness

Daily Mail  

White parishioners have prayed for forgiveness after 'years and years of systematic racism' as they gathered in the area where George Floyd grew up in Houston, Texas. Floyd's death at 46 has also sparked conversation around the numerous killings of African Americans by law enforcement and white people, so during a vigil at the Cuney Homes in the Third Ward, …

George Floyd's funeral to be held in Houston
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd's funeral to be held in Houston

India TV News  

George Floyd, the 46-year-old black man whose cold-blooded murder at the hands of a white police officer has sparked protests across the US, will be laid to rest in his hometown of Houston, following a public visitation in Minneapolis. Protests against Floyd's death have taken place across the country and one protest, which went on for nearly 11 hours, involved …

Minneapolis police chief says all four officers involved in George Floyd’s death bear responsibility
4 years, 7 months ago

Minneapolis police chief says all four officers involved in George Floyd’s death bear responsibility

CNN  

CNN — In an emotional response to George Floyd’s family Sunday night, the Minneapolis police chief says in his mind, all four officers involved in the black man’s killing bear the same responsibility. Floyd died in our hands and so I see that as being complicit,” Chief Medaria Arradondo told CNN’s Sara Sidner. Houston police chief wants to provide escort …

County Officials Rule George Floyd Death Was A Homicide
4 years, 7 months ago

County Officials Rule George Floyd Death Was A Homicide

NPR  

County Officials Rule George Floyd Death Was A Homicide Enlarge this image toggle caption Ringo H.W. ET The Hennepin County Medical Examiner released a new autopsy report Monday, ruling George Floyd's death was a homicide. Video of the incident shows Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, as several other officers watched passively, without intervening, despite …

Officers joined protesters this weekend at George Floyd demonstrations across the country
4 years, 7 months ago

Officers joined protesters this weekend at George Floyd demonstrations across the country

CNN  

CNN — Protests have swept the United States the last six days in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minnesota. Floyd, who was unarmed,died as he was held down while handcuffed by three Minneapolis police officers.Former officer Derek Chauvin held his knee to Floyd’s neck as he lay face down screaming “Mama” “please” and …

Protests, some violent, spread in wake of George Floyd death
4 years, 7 months ago

Protests, some violent, spread in wake of George Floyd death

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests erupted Friday in dozens of U.S. cities following the killing of George Floyd after a white officer pressed a knee into his neck while taking him into custody in Minnesota. George Floyd.” After hours of peaceful protest in downtown Atlanta, some demonstrators suddenly …

Protests across US as cop charged with murder of George Floyd
4 years, 7 months ago

Protests across US as cop charged with murder of George Floyd

Al Jazeera  

Protests have broken out in cities across the United States calling for justice following the death of George Floyd in police custody when a white officer in Minneapolis pressed a knee into the unarmed Black man’s neck for several minutes. Justice for George.” The demonstrations came as Derek Chauvin, the officer involved in Floyd’s death, was arrested and charged with …

George Floyd death: Protesters set police station on fire; National Guard called in
4 years, 7 months ago

George Floyd death: Protesters set police station on fire; National Guard called in

LA Times  

A protester faces off with two police officers using less-lethal ammunition in their weapons in St. Paul. Protesters demonstrate outside a burning Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody. Demonstrators vandalize a car as they protest the death of George Floyd on Sunday near the White House …

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