MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Minneapolis was set to hold an emotionally charged memorial service on Thursday for George Floyd, the black guy whose death in authorities custody set off a wave of demonstrations and unrest that has roiled America in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and a dissentious presidential election campaign.
The Reverend Al Sharpton, a tv political commentator and civil liberties activist who will give a eulogy at the service, struck an optimistic tone on Thursday early morning, applauding the unity of marchers opposing at police cruelty.
” I’ve seen more Americans of different races and of different ages, standing up together, marching together, raising their voices together,” he informed MSNBC. “We are at a turning point here,” Sharpton said ahead of the occasion, due to begin at 1 p.m. Central Time (1800 GMT).
Huge crowds have defied curfews and taken to the streets of cities across the country for 9 nights in somet