Final farewell to George Floyd today, killer Chauvin granted bail
Thousands of mourners lined up in Houston Texas, for the public viewing for George Floyd, ahead of his burial on Tuesday.
African-American Floyd died 25 May in the hands of disgraced Minneapolis ex-police officer, Derek Chauvin.
Floyd’s death since then has ignited a wave of historic protests across the nation.
In Texas, the mourners lined up to form a procession to Floyd’s coffin inside the Fountain of Praise church.
Others paid their respects at a mural of Floyd on a wall in his old neighborhood in the city’s Third Ward.
“There’s something special about his life and his family,” said Bevan Walker, 50, as a snapped a photo of the mural. “His name is going to be synonymous with justice for generations to come.”