Thousands used their last chance to say goodbye to George Floyd on Monday, June 8, at a church in Houston, the very place he had his childhood.
Chron reports that the church service also drew in families of black victims in the hands of police brutality in America, some of which are Ahmaud, Arbery, Eric Garner, and Michael Brown.
“It just hurts. We will get justice. We will get it. We will not let this door close,” Philonise Floyd, the brother of the late black American said.
Many waited under the hot sun to pay their respect as they bumped up their fists, a sign of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. They were at least 6,000 people at the service.
It should be noted that his burial which will take place on Tuesday, June 9, will require people to wear face masks and maintain strict social distancing.
The event will be at the Houston Memorial Gardens cemetery in suburban Pearland as he will be laid next to his mother, Larcenia Floyd.
Since his death, many have called for changes around the world. In France for instance, police will no longer carry out chokehold form of arrest, a method that has come under severe review since Floyd’s death.
The Minneapolis City Council also said it would dismantle its 800-member police agency as other changes were proposed in the US.