'It's time for change and for us to overcome oppression, police brutality and racism.' Candice Qualls, a mourner at George Floyd's memorial in Houston
The casket of George Floyd is removed after a public visitation for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston, US.
Some in the crowd wore shirts printed with the phrase "I can't breathe" - Floyd's haunting last words. Others raised their fists, a symbol of black power and solidarity, over the coffin. Floyd's death hit his children hard, Sherrod said. "They asked us, 'What happened, why did they do this to this man?'"Being here with my boys means a lot," he said. "It is a time in history and they will remember they were part of it."Amid all the mourning, Sherrod added he was still happy to see so many people had turned out.Candice Qualls said she was also glad to see "the country has come together in unity.
Floyd was the latest in a long line of mostly unarmed black men killed by police officers over the last several years. His death evokes that of Eric Garner, who in 2014 was choked to death by a white New York police officer during an arrest.
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