A memorial service for George Floyd is being held in Minneapolis. The Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver a eulogy. Additional services are planned in the coming days in North Carolina, where Floyd was born, and Houston, where Floyd lived much of his life.
The family's attorney, Ben Crump, said they are grateful the new criminal charges were filed before Floyd is laid to rest, NPR's David Schaper reports.American civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton, who will deliver the eulogy, said at a news conference on Wednesday he hopes the ceremony will remember the man that Floyd was.
"He was a human being. He had family, he had dreams, he had hopes," Sharpton said."The real duty of one with this type of assignment is to underscore the value of the human life that was taken, which gives the reason the movement was occurring.""No man or woman should be without their fathers," Mason said outside the Cup Foods convenience store in South Minneapolis.
Earlier this week, Roxie Washington, the mother of Floyd's daughter, told reporters that 6-year-old Gianna had her father taken away too soon. "If there's a problem she's having and needs her dad, she does not have that anymore," Washington said through tears."I want justice for him, because he was good, no matter what anybody thinks, he was good," Washington said.
Additional services are planned in the coming days in North Carolina, where Floyd was born, and Houston, where Floyd lived much of his life.
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