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Added on the 04/06/2020 21:53:55 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Brooklyn, Jun 4 (EFE/EPA).- Crowds gathered at Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza on Thursday for a march and vigil to honor the life of George Floyd, whose murder while in police custody last week sparked a nationwide wave of protests, riots and looting.Terrence Floyd — George Floyd’s brother and a Brooklyn resident — attended the vigil and urged the crowd of protesters to remain peaceful. Floyd, who has become a symbol of the hunger for change, was arrested by Minneapolis police, handcuffed and placed facedown on the pavement but then suffocated when a white cop knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes, a shocking death scene that was recorded by passersby on their cellphones and has sparked outrage and anger all across the US. (Camera: ALBA VIGARAY).SHOT LIST: GEORGE FLOYD'S BROTHER TERRENCE SPEAKS TO PROTESTERS DURING A GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL DEMONSTRATION AT CADMAN PLAZA IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, US.
Footage of The Fountain of Praise church in Houston that will host a public memorial service for George Floyd, an African American man whose death during an arrest by Minneapolis police sparked protests across the United States. IMAGES
The family of George Floyd arrives in Raeford, North Carolina, to attend a public viewing and a memorial in his honor in the town where he was born. IMAGES
George Floyd's coffins is carried into the venue where his memorial service is being held in Raeford, North Carolina, the town where he was born, following an initial ceremony in Minneapolis that was held Thursday. IMAGES
The hearse carrying George Floyd's coffin leaves after a memorial service in Minneapolis for the African-American whose death during a police arrest set off mass protests across the US and around the world. IMAGES