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. 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, Sylvester Turner, mayor of the city of houston here by declare june 9th, 2020 as george carry day in the city of houston, to god be the glory for the good he has done. Reporter former Vice President joe biden delivered this video message echoing the call for change. Now is
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The funeral of george floyd, whose killing by us police triggered anti racism protests around the world, has taken place in houston, texas. Delivering the eulogy, the civil rights leader al sharpton called forjustice. Mr floyds family also paid tribute, with his niece, brooke williams, asking why the system was corrupt and broken. Barbara plett usher reports from houston. After more than two weeks of protests, the man whose death energised a Worldwide Movement for racialjustice was laid to rest in his hometown. It was a final goodbye for those who loved him most. In the midst of personal grief, friends and family have been thrust into a national convulsion, americans post into a passionate reckoning of historic wrongs. Forced into. Ijust want i just want to say, i love you. I thank god for giving me my own personal superman. No more hate c
Im erin burnett. Out front tonight, its not okay. On the day when the nation said a final goodbye to george floyd, whose death has sparked a National Movement on Police Brutality, the president chose to smear this man, 75yearold peaceful protester in buffalo who was shoved to the ground by police last week. The president of the United States tweeting without any evidence whatsoever that that protester could be an antifa agitator, and quote, i watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Could be a set up. A set up . I want to play the incident that trump is suggesting is a set up. It is difficult to watch. You see him there. Hes pushed. He falls. Then he has blood coming out of his ear. And i want to just note to you that this was five days ago. Gugino is still in the hospital. He was in the intensive care unit. Hes still in the hospital. The two officers have been charged with assault. Where the president of the United States come up with an absurd Conspiracy Theory about that 75yearold m
George floyd on the day he was laid to rest in houston. The video of a Minneapolis Police officer with his knee on floyds neck shocked the nation, prompting calls for action on Police Brutality and systemic racism. Hundreds of mourners gathering at a Houston Church to honor floyd. Family, friends, politicians, celebrities. Joe biden the former Vice President speaking by video linking floyds death to the nations enduring struggle for civil rights. But President Trump didnt even mention George Floyds name today. Instead he chose to slam a 75yearold peaceful protester in buffalo who was shove today the ground by police last week. Tweeting with absolutely no evidence that the man could be an antifa agitator, and writing, i watched. He fell harder than was pushed. Could be a setup. A setup . Okay, see for yourself. You see the man, martin eugeno lying there, bleeding, hes been in the hospital for five days and two officers have been charged with assault. A setup. Lets discuss now. White hou
The presence of Confederate Flag at nascar events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming prohibited from all nascar events and properties. The president , as you know, claims to be a big nascar fan. Today, he retweeted his opposition to naming military bases named after men who fought for that very same flag. Therefore, my administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military institutions. Now, just as an observation on the president s own point, the bases are indeed hallowed. But theyre hallowed for the troops of all backgrounds they trained. Not the men that they are named after, who took up arms against this country. And the president may not know this, but those troops, who fought and died in those two world wars, many of them were black. But they were not treated equally by the u. S. Military at the time. U. S. Military was not desegregated until 1948, and that only happened, at that time, after a campaign of pressure by blac