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Anderson Cooper 360

George Floyd laid to rest after 14 days of protests

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Two weeks after George Floyd was killed while in Minneapolis police custody, his family, friends and prominent figures gather in Houston to celebrate his life and call for justice. Dr. Cornel West reflects on the solemn day and talks about racial justice in America. Then, Anderson talks to a friend of the 75-year-old protester who was pushed to the ground by police in Buffalo, New York. Plus, filmmaker Spike Lee talks about the protesters marching for racial justice around the world. “We need a just police system … we cannot let this moment slide by ... we have to mobilize,” says Lee.   Airdate: June 9, 2020   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Good evening. George Floyd is at rest tonight and the country that showed him

0:05.0

it's best very best and finally it's very worst is now changing all around him.

0:10.0

After two and a half weeks of worldwide protests and memorial services in Minneapolis,

0:14.0

North Carolina and Houston, Mr. Floyd was buried today in the hour ahead

0:19.0

what may come of his passing. Dr. Cornel West joins us, so does filmmaker Spike Lee.

0:24.0

First the funeral and CNN's Omar Jimenez.

0:29.0

In the final moments before he died, George Floyd called out for his mother,

0:33.0

who passed away two years ago. Today he was laid to rest next to her after an emotional funeral in Houston.

0:40.0

All I think about is when he was yelling for Mama, I know how Mama is, she's just right there, she got her hand wide open.

0:49.0

The fountain of praise church was packed with hundreds of mourners, his family, dressed in white,

0:54.0

paused to support each other and pray before the ceremony began.

1:05.0

Floyd was remembered as a man of faith, a brother, an uncle, a father, a friend.

1:14.0

While the ceremony celebrated his life, his death and the movement it sparked was invoked time and time again.

1:22.0

The assignment of George Floyd and the purpose will mean there will be no more eight minutes and 46 seconds of police brutality.

1:33.0

Gone and get your rest now, gone and see Mama now. We gonna fight on. We gonna fight on. We gonna fight on.

1:43.0

We honor him today because when he took his last breath, the rest of us will now be able to breathe.

1:50.0

So therefore I, semester Turner, mayor of the city of Houston, here by Prolybric Lane, J.U.A. June 9, 2020, as George Perry Dave, in the city of Houston, to God be the glory for the good he has done.

2:08.0

Former Vice President Joe Biden delivered this video message echoing the call for change.

2:14.0

Now is the time for racial justice. That's the answer we must give to our children when they ask why?

2:21.0

Because when there is justice for George Floyd, we will truly be on our way to racial justice in America.

2:28.0

Today's funeral ended days of memorials and public viewings all over the country, but this isn't the end for Floyd's family who vow to keep fighting for justice.

2:37.0

I'm gonna miss my brother.

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