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Funeral honors George Floyd, Americans demand racial justice
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After the funeral, Floyd’s golden casket was transported in a car and then in a white horse-drawn carriage to a Houston cemetery where he was buried next to his mother.
The family requested total privacy when they lay Floyd to rest.
Along the way from the church to the burial site, hundreds of people waited to say farewell to Floyd. Many road railings were decorated with ribbons and flowers.
A public viewing for Floyd was organized on Monday at the same African American church in Houston, bringing more than 6,300 people to pay tribute.
Last week, two memorials were held in Minneapolis, Minnesota where Floyd died, and Raeford, North Carolina where Floyd was born.
Hundreds of people paid their tribute to Floyd by laying wreaths at the memorials.
Floyd moved from North Carolina to Houston’s Third Ward community as a baby, and grew up and spent most of his lifetime in the fourth largest U.S. city which he called “home.”
In truth, if we in America we’re not so obsessed with drugs and getting high on meth and fentanyl-which leads to aggression and violent behavior, US police might not use so much deadly force. Maybe. In my State today, I just watched identical deaths just like Mr. Georges of a black and a white man over a year long period. Yep, both men high as a kite on meth and resisting police. America is indeed a nation rife with racism, drugs and unfettered police power. I am a white female and getting pulled over for a broken tail light scares me. All I can say with certainty is that if anyone has interaction with a policeman in the US, be on your best behavior, even if your skin is pea green. I firmly believe our police do not discriminate on who they are willing to shoot. Scary.