George Floyd’s family praised him as a «powerful man» who «would stand up for injustice anywhere» during his memorial Thursday in Minneapolis.
June 4 (UPI) —George Floyd’s family praised him as a «powerful man» who «would stand up for injustice anywhere» during his memorial Thursday in Minneapolis.
The service, which was broadcast on television and live streamed online, began at 1 p.m. at the North Central University sanctuary.
George Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, described his brother as «powerful,» and said he «had a way with words.»
«Guys that was doing drugs, smokers and homeless people — you couldn’t tell because when you spoke to George, they felt… like they were the president, because that is how he made you feel.
«Every day, he walks outside, there’d be a line of people, just like when we came in, wanting to greet him and wanting to have fun with him.»
His younger brother, Rodney Floyd, said George Floyd taught him how to be a man.
George Floyd «was doing the best that he can and the mistakes that he made and watching him, correcting myself as a teenager growing up. And learning from him how to be a man.»
He «would stand up for injustice anywhere.»
The Rev. Al Sharpton and Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney representing Floyd’s family, also eulogized George Floyd.
