George Floyd was killed on May 25 when a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes
Mourners from across the country gathered in North Carolina to pay their respects to, the unarmed 46-year-old black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes while three others stood idly by.
The memorial service and public viewing were held on Saturday at the Cape Fear Conference B Church in Raeford. Floyd was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and raised in the Third Ward of Houston, Texas.You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Hundreds assembled to the conference center to honor Floyd, with some arriving before dawn to line up, according toFloyd’s body was escorted into the church in a gold casket early on Saturday as people lined up outside.Gregg Packer was among those who gathered in Raeford. The New York resident took an overnight train from Long Island to attend the memorial, arriving in Hoke County at 3 a.m.
“I’m asking on behalf of the Floyd family for those who plan on attending the viewing/memorial service to be respectful to the sensitivity of the family’s time of grief,” he wrote. “The memorial is about the life that Mr. George Floyd lived and this is a time to embrace the family with expressions of love and kindness.”A private viewing for Floyd’s family was held at 3 p.m. local time and broadcast on TV following the public service.
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