Where to Watch George Floyd Funeral Online [Live Streaming Info]

  • Former Vice President Joe Biden in a video message linked Floyd's death in police custody to the nation's enduring struggle for civil rights

  • George Floyd will be laid to rest Tuesday at Houston Memorial Gardens

George Floyd
George Floyd (left) and the Minneapolis police officer kneeling over his neck (right). Twitter / @Kwamiena

The death of unarmed black suspect George Floyd due to police brutality has turned into a mass movement that has impacted not just all the states of the US, but its echoes can be heard in United Kingdom, South Africa, South Korea to name a few countries where protests in support of George Floyd has been organized.

His death also led to drastic measures such as the complete disbanding of the Minneapolis Police.

George Floyd, 46, was finally laid to rest in Houston in a grave next to his mother on Tuesday.

Even though the final funeral service was held in private hundreds of mourners filled the Fountain of Praise church as the service got underway on Tuesday, ending five days of public memorials in Minneapolis, North Carolina, and Houston.

George Floyd was buried at the Houston Memorial Gardens.

No child should have to ask, Why is Daddy Gone: Biden

In a somber video played during the funeral of George Floyd, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., offered his condolences to the family.

"It is a burden," he said, "a burden that is now your purpose, to change the world for the better."

Biden in the video addressing Floyd's youngest daughter, Gianna, said: "You're so brave. Daddy's looking down on you."

"No child should have to ask the question that too many black children have had to ask for generations: 'Why? Why is Daddy gone?'" he added. "When there is justice for George Floyd, we will truly be on our way to racial justice in America."

Watch live: George Floyd's funeral service in Houston via CBS News

Where to Watch George Floyd Funeral Online

You can also watch the funeral live on NBC. Live streaming of the funeral can also be watch on YouTube live streaming via CNBC Live.

You can also watch George Floyd Funeral live on Twitter. The funeral also being telecast live on KHOU. A live streaming of the George Floyd funeral will be available online also on WNYC News.

This article was first published on June 10, 2020
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