After three memorial services in three states, George Floyd was laid to rest in grand fashion Tuesday at Foundation of Life Church in Houston, Texas.
Unlike the memorial gathering in Minneapolis on June 4, the services in Raeford, North Carolina, where Floyd was born, and in Houston, Texas where he grew up, offered public viewings of Floyd’s open casket prior to the service.
More than two weeks have passed since Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25.
Rev. Al Sharpton handled the eulogy in Houston, as he did for the Minneapolis service.
Also, a bit of news was broken during the service as Houston Mayor Sylvester Taylor announced that he would ban police chokeholds in the city—a similar measure was already announced in Minneapolis.