Even though thousands of new cases are being reported every day. The funeral of george floyd, whose killing by us police triggered anti racism protests around the world, has taken place in houston, texas. It was his home town. 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 home town. 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 forced into a passionate reckoning of historic wrongs. I want to say to him i love you andi i want to say to him i love you and i thank god for giving me my own personal superman. No more hate crimes, please. Someone said, make american
Them on the Westminster Bridge. Here is how one eyewitness described the incident. I walked past about nine injuries but somebody was not conscious who regained consciousness and was okay. This is a bit im in shock, to be honest. I wasnt really expecting that this afternoon. Reporter so you were i was on the ward and our doctor offices is there and they said whats wrong and told me what happened and i went out and looked and all of us in the office were like we need to do something. So we all just went out and helped, got blankets and others were with me and helped you prepare for those things but not for that. Yes, we train for these events, like emergency basic life support if you have to do that. How the triage people who need attention, you know, first. Most had head injuries that you saw . I didnt so i got stuck with that one because they needed help at that time. I know there were other doctors going. Colleen . Yes. Colleen anderson, thank you. Police were called to the area arou