Joe Biden Gives Emotional Speech on Racial Injustice at George Floyd Funeral

mourners in Houston honor the life of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, CBS News is learning new details from a nightclub coworker about an alleged history between Floyd and Derek Chauvin, the former officer who is charged in Floyd's death. According to a former coworker, not only did they know each other, but they had a history of friction.Floyd and Chauvin both worked security at a nightclub at the same time.

anti-racism protests- during his funeral today. Hundreds wearing protective masks packed the church in Houston just over two weeks after his death at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis who put his knee on his neck as he lay on the pavement for nearly nine minutes.

Ted Johnson Family and friends mourned George Floyd in song, memories and prayer, while political figures including Joe Biden, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Rep.

Like many other celebrities, Jennifer Aniston has also come out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and has donated USD 1 million to several Racial Justice Charities after George Floyd's death. The Murder Mystery actress has stood against police brutality and racial injustice ever since the protests started raging across US after George Floyd died on May 25 in Minneapolis.

Basketball legend Michael Jordan and officials behind his athletic brand have pledged $100 million (£79 million) over the next decade to fight racial injustice.Days after the sports hero made a rare political statement expressing his deep pain and anger at the police brutality which led to the death of African-American man George Floyd in Minnesota, he joined forces with Jordan Brand executives to announce plans to support organisations working towards “ensuring racial equality, social justice

As George Floyd protests continue to rage in the US, celebrities are taking a stand to speak up and contribute in their own little way. Selena Gomez is one such star.

Meghan Markle has shared an emotional speech as she spoke out following the tragic killing of George Floyd in America, declaring that his “life mattered”.The Duchess of Sussex gave a speech to the graduating pupils at her former school, Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles, when she discussed her sadness over the killing of George at the hands of the Minneapolis police.

Shortly after the video was released of George Floyd being killed by a police officer and protests began to rise up around the US, Spike Lee released a short clip editing together the videos of Floyd and Eric Garner being killed alongside a similar scene in the director’s own “Do The Right Thing,” asking the question, “When will history stop repeating itself?” In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Lee talked about the connection between his 1989 acclaimed film and the recent racist

By Dave McNary

Two small-scale protests are due to take place in Manchester tonight as part of as part of a UK 'stand up to racism day of action' following the death in the US of George Floyd.

Thousands of people have been arrested as protests continued across the United States for an eighth night following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week in police custody.