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George Floyd's brother says 'he touched so many hearts' during moving memorial service

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05.06.2020 - 06:41

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Hundreds attended a memorial service for George Floyd and held nearly 9 minutes of silence - the exact amount of time a police officer knelt on his neck before he died.

Speaking at the service in a chapel in Minneapolis' North Central University yesterday, Mr Floyd's brother Philonise Floyd paid tribute to the tragic father, saying he had "touched so many hearts" during his life.

Holding back tears, he described how he and his brothers grew up so poor they would wash their clothes in the sink and dry them in the oven. "It's crazy man, all these people came to see my brother, it's amazing he touched so many hearts,'' he said, wearing a dark suit and a badge with a photo of his brother and the words "I can't breathe" on his lapel.

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