Dr. Cornell west joins us, so does filmmaker spike lee. First the funeral and cnns omar jimenez. Reporter george floyd called out for his mother who passed away to years ago. Today he was laid to rest next to her after an emotional funeral in houston. All i think about is when he was yelling for momma. And i know our momma is right there. She got her hands wide open. Packed with mourners. Reporter the Fountain Church paused to promote each other and pray before the ceremony began. Floyd was remembered as a man of faith, a brother, an uncle, a father, a friend. While the ceremony celebrated his life, his death and the movement it sparked was invoked time and time again. The assignment of george floyd and the purpose will mean there will be no more 8 46 of Police Brutality. Go on and get your rest now. Go on an see momma now. Were going to fight on. Were going to fight on. We honor him today because when he took his last breath, the rest of us will now be able to breathe. So therefore i,
He was laid to rest this afternoon next to his mother. In the city where he grew up. Mr. Floyds casket remained open today during the service. In a way that has had people calling back to the funeral for emmett till who, of course, was the 14yearold who was brutally lynched and murdered in 1955 at his funeral more than 50 years ago, emmett tills mother famously demanded that the casket be left open deliberately so everyone could see what the killers had done to her son. It was a private Service Today for george floyd. Mourners who could not attend instead lined the streets outside waiting for his funeral procession to drive by. Holding signs that said rest in peace. George floyd had five kids. He had siblings. Aunts and uncles. He had cousins. He had a niece. The arrival of his family today for his funeral was a painful reminder of who he left behind. They were all dressed in white so it was easy to see who they all were in the crowd. Today George Floyds family spoke about his life, no
Well, to be sure, their pain is real, and to be sure, it does reverberate the world over. And to be sure, the issues raised by floyds alleged murder were note buried with him. Were not sure about that. Lets talk about it. Lets bring in police chief art acevedo. Thank you for being here. Great to be with you. What do you take of the emotion, the outrage, the events that led to what culminated in your city today in the burial of george floyd . I think that what we all take from there is a resolve, a resolve to forge ahead as a community in houston, and across texas and the nation to take this death, this unjust death that should not have happened. And to take harness the energy that has thats been created by his death to actually effect change across the national landscape. You had the officer who had his knee on the throat of george floyd. Then you have three other officers charged. A lawyer for one of them last night, the officer four days on the job, holding down the legs of george fl