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The last will be 1st. The line and then the lamb is gone lay down together and god will take care of risk so we got some good for golden days ahead but i dont know how to stories rory and get her just to put your explorer up each justice very god know this story were at it like this god would never leave us not for sake of us ive been to the end of the book lets fight dont lets stand together let us not leave this family now did to ceremony his own. This is the beginning of a fight is not be ended a fight jihad which i read on the front page of the New York Times the school. Said you want to touch the world well god had already made you for that but you didnt touch it in a Basketball Court all Football Court god had Something Else for you to do because all over the world george be a macho in which own name you types to were all in south africa you touch the world it means youve touched everyone a good fit to states even in a pandemic people are walking out in the streets not even follow in social distance because youve touched the world and as we lay you to rest a day. The movement wont rest until we get just. Until we have one span. You dont just. Go families go miss you george put jordan nation is going to always remember your name. Because your neck. Was one that represented all of us and how you suffered represented our suffering so we going to lay you near your mama now. You called her mama we dont lay your body next up but i know mamas already in braces you jaws you fought a good fight. You kept the faith. You finish your cause gone in get your rest now gone and see mama now. We go fight on we go fight all we go fight all we go friday all. Praise the lord i wrote this all 20 years ago and i never thought id sing that for a game changer. So been watching their the funeral of george floyd just been hearing from the reverend al sharpton the civil rights activist giving the eulogy at the funeral the movement wont rest he said until we get justice for george lloyd until we get one standard of justice was the theme or one of the themes of his unity there george ford who died when he was a Police Officer knelt on his neck. While he was being arrested in minneapolis lets bring back in to whos an assistant professor of Political Science and the author of american while black African Americans immigration and the limits of citizenship thank you very much indeed for staying with us. Interesting the reverend al sharpton this start of his eulogy talked about the fact that actually there is a system in place at the moment that can deliver justice its just that it doesnt deliver justice for black people in spite of what he admitted later was a need for further reforms he says at the moment the system just isnt fair and needs to be fair. Well absolutely i mean i think one of the things that weve seen over and over and over again. Is Police Officers who do these actions get off on a regular basis its far more exceptional to see a officer actually being christian for killing someone or hurting someone and so you know the system depending on how you think about it is either working perfectly right which is supposed to not honor black people or its broken and i think reverend al sharpton was speaking probably from a little more of an optimistic place which is the Justice System is there and there are rules in place but we have to follow those rules in live up to its promise and so this isnt can work tell me and do you think that this is a turning point in terms of the politics as well for america i mean it weve been at this point as many of us because i talked about that in the past in fact many members of other families who lost people to Police Brutality werent were in the congregation. Why do you think its going to be different this time or do you think it will be different this time. I mean time will tell i mean weve been talking about Police Brutality i mean thats been in common parlance since the early ninetys with the rodney king beating which was also caught on film. In we were crimes reform then i mean we were promised reform in 1967 after the long hot summer so it remains to be seen i am hopeless i mean im hopeful. Im hopeful but if history is that the teacher it doesnt look like that much more will happen because afterall a body cant were supposed to brain more better policing right as for story about better policing so were rubber bullets right is nonlethal options and im using nonlethal very loosely because you know tasers and in pepper spray can kill people they have killed people but these were all supposed to be improvements in policing that would make sure the public was less in danger yet we havent seen these deaths in it and thank you very much indeed to the counter for talking to us appreciate your time thank you for having me. Lets bring in john hendren whos live in houston and john we had from family members so very much a family funeral but on this extraordinary stage. Thats right there were 2 distinct messages going on from the family we heard this senselessness of his death and talk about what a good man they felt they had to george floyd wise and they talked about how we baptize children how you know what if on brother he was how he was a gentle giant a religious man but a man with a sense of humor who wouldnt hurt anybody in their in their view. And then from the politicians we heard a completely distinct message and that was that this has launched a movement that he was a kind of accidental change agent somebody who is changing the world not because of what he did but because of what was done to him the reverend al sharpton said god took the rejected stone and made it the cornerstone of a movement that was going around the world so. There is this since sadness at the loss of george floyd but also a resolution. To turn some good out of his seemingly senseless death to make changes in Police Departments and to make changes in policies across the country and around the world in order to make things more racially fair so that africanamericans in the United States and elsewhere dont end up dying at the gun or the need of a Police Officer and a mentally interesting. Comparison and he said he talked and talked about the price of a black life until we know the price of a black life is the same as a white life will and will keep ending up in this position and its. Very much the kind of the sense that the Justice System does discriminate isnt it. Yeah thats absolutely true the sense is that there are 2 views of america that white people tend to think that its pretty fair its gotten substantially fair since the 1960 s. That was a theme weve weve heard here and that africanamericans know it isnt. And we heard that over and over and i think the sense that weve gone through reverend al sharpton and others is that that is changing that that video of george floyd just the latest in a series of videos of africanamericans dying at the hands of police that maybe this time its a little different that the world is changing not every one of those incidents has launched demonstrations and i dont recall one of them the launch of this kind of National Movement thats changing City Councils and Police Departments and legislation in congress and that is the message that we heard from the pulpit today that that Movement Must go on that the demonstration should peacefully continue until they change those laws and there is a greater sense of equality. Not just in the law but in actual practice and john you mentioned the scale of the demonstrations its not just in the cities that people have been protesting it really is throughout america. Thats right there are rural towns of 6000 people that have parades filling the streets. Parades that have big cities as well there have been riots and burning so you know its not all been pleasant or good but its its seems to be resulting in change me the fact that that officer was charged the 1st officer derek show was charged within days he was george ford was killed on. Friday shopping was charged im sorry was killed on monday shovel was charged on friday and then the other 4 offered the other 3 officers were charged days after that its hard to believe that that would have ever happened had there not been a National Movement that had disrupted cities across the u. S. Its hard to believe that the Minneapolis Council is talking about dismantling their Police Department if there is legislation on capitol hill there have been some results from this movement. Whether that lasts whether those changes are actually enacted will depend largely on whether people let this moment pass weve had a gun control problem here in the United States in their demonstrations and really nothing has changed over the years the sense is that. The reverend al sharpton others here who spoke today want to seize this moment and make this Movement Last and bring lasting change 100 for the time being thank you very much indeed and lets listen in again to the funeral of. The asked everyone to please take your seat at this time everyone were pleased that you see at this time thank you so very much. As we take our seats that are going to this service allowing the family to leave 1st. And then. Because we must maintain order and get the family to the cemetery in the appropriate amount of time assures them in the aisles that theyre going to dismiss each. Singularly to ask that you will stay in your seat until the usher has made it clear that it is time for us. To recess to leave the sanctuary. Going to ask that you would do that and it has been requested it. That you will go immediately to your cars so that we can allow everyone to clear off of the campus of the fountain of praise as expeditiously as possible we must maintain order we must get this done so that the family can get to the cemetery and we can leave this body to the ground as we have celebrated his life in such grand fashion thank you church for being the church that you have been throughout this time thank you beloved community for hearing what we have asked of you and responding accordingly were going to leave from this place now and as we do we again celebrate what god has done by giving to us the life of george floyd chillier the bible says the lord give it away the taking away now blessed be the name of the lord will you help me bless the lord as the family stands and prepares to dismiss from this place at this time if you are directors we are following your directions. And all other members of the congregation will remain seated until the shooters have dismissed you thank you so very much. What bin has something to visit please. Make your presentation of this to. Refuel hold. Please just remain seated just the family in this section right here in the center so we will be decent and in order were asked the family to follow the direction of bed Funeral Services. Little one as theyre saying farewell to george floyd at this the private Funeral Service in the city where he grew up. And weve heard from the family and also politicians at the funeral as well as the civil rights activist al sharpton reverend al sharpton. Follows 5 days of Public Memorials in minneapolis North Carolina and houston. And family members talked about how george had actually changed the world. Lets bring in that natasha the name who joins me live from minneapolis now. So. This brings an end an incredibly emotional and sort of high you know. Kind of unprecedented in in america at times what the feeling is in minneapolis where you. George floyd may have been laid to rest this may be the end in that regard but for the people in minneapolis the activists who are pushing for Police Department reform and change this is just the beginning theyve had quite a bit of momentum over the last 2 weeks trying to get people out into the streets to continue to express their anger and grief but also to push for action as you mentioned we are here at 38 and chicago this is where george floyd died in Minneapolis Police custody more than 2 weeks ago the rain has thinned out the crowd a bit but as you can see its been a steady stream of people throughout the day very somber tone people coming to look at the several block tribute in georgia floyds honor talking quietly amongst themselves taking pictures and soaking in the scene i want to tell you about some of the signs that im looking at rest in power george floyd buildings can be rebuilt but dead man black men will come back there are a couple of tables here of people trying to ask some of the people here today to sign petitions many people might know there is a movement afoot in minneapolis to disband the almost 900 member Police Departments on sunday a 9 member were told is the majority of the city council and its veto proof pledge during a rally that they would just be the minneapolis Police Department they say they believe that the Police Department is beyond it reform they want to implement a kind of Public Safety system that will be. A plan will be arrived at by working in conjunction with the community the details though beyond that are still a little vague but from their point of view there is a real sense of urgency they have sat back and waited for reforms they have seen Police Officers be required to wear body armor go undergo deescalation training techniques and yet the number of complaints against the minneapolis Police Department has continued to rise in the last 5 years and the apples Police Officers used force against africanamericans 7 times more often than whites we have learned that the 3rd precinct where all 4 officers whove been charged in floyds death had a troubled history that show even the officer charged with 2nd degree murder. Had 18 prior misconduct claims filed against him only in 2 cases was he disciplined and he was given a reprimand another one of those officers had 6 this conduct claims against him and weve learned that from 2007 to 2017 that precinct alone paid out more than 2000000. 00 to settle civil suits so again people here in the community are are tired many at least are tired of hearing about reforms being the answer but the minneapolis mayor jake uprise says he believes in additional reforms not abolishing the Police Departments natascha in this region seeing the family of children filing out behind his coffin at the end of that Funeral Service culmination of more than 2 weeks of demonstrations and calls for Racial Justice off to. Death. And his final words i cant breathe become a. Theme an iranian cry for protest is not just in the United States but in the world. Its hard for everyone except for the family if you were exiting the building were going to ask you to respectfully exit to the side doors that are here in the bronx the familys point of the suit trial please do not crowd the family any further please next and through the side door so here. Ill see nobody but in the way i need people to love you like. Our need to downplay what. May well be more of a place amy. Thank you both in leaving the church there in houston for after the Funeral Service which in boulder to family members as well as politician was civil rights activists and large crowds that as you can see a falling out behind the coffin and he will now be buried its now 2 weeks since he died. At the hands of a white Police Officer a former Police Officer who held his knee on his neck in spite of going to school. And that he couldnt breathe i cant breathe he said and yet George George 46. Was killed in that confrontation with police. I should say with a policeman kneeling on his neck and he will now be buried next to his mother from. Cried out for as he was. Fighting for his life. Thats being in that game or his own to his life is so enormous it gave will decide to lay fuel i understand that to a still just as that. There are actually more with them there are several 1000 protesters right now marching behind muse you can see and theyve overtaken the frequent bridge here in the brooklyn side theyre walking towards Lower Manhattan right now its very quiet very peaceful and theyre theyre there with a message that they want justice and theyre also paying their respects to george floyd even though the funeral the service that youve been watching there is goin