A mural memorializing George Floyd in Houston on Friday.
"After more than two weeks of demonstrations and anguished calls for racial justice, the man whose death gave rise to an international movement, and whose last words — 'I can’t breathe' — have become a rallying cry, will be laid to rest on Tuesday at a private funeral in Houston. George Floyd, 46, will then be buried in a grave next to his mother’s. The service, which began with a procession of mourners at the Fountain of Praise church, comes after five days of public memorials in Minneapolis, North Carolina and Houston and two weeks after a Minneapolis police officer was captured on video pressing his knee into Mr. Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. A large crowd flowed into the church for more than half an hour, beginning about 11 a.m. Central time, with many people wearing masks because of the coronavirus. ..."
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