Floyd Mourned, Celebrated As Death Used As Call To Action

A mural honoring George Floyd was projected above his golden coffin, where mourners knelt and cried, paused and prayed Thursday at his memorial service. Its simple message: “I can breathe now.” But for far too many black Americans, dreams have been dashed and goals not achieved because they still cannot breathe, said the Rev. Al Sharpton, who eulogized Floyd in Minneapolis on Thursday. “The reason we could never be who we wanted and dreamed to be is you kept your knee on our neck,” Sharpton said in reference to…LIRE LA SUITE