nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Hundreds Attend Memorial For George Floyd After Days Of Nationwide Protests||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The Rev. Al Sharpton gave the eulogy at Thursday’s memorial for George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd, 46, died in police custody on May 25.

The remains of George Floyd are taken to a memorial service in his honor on June 4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On May 25, Floyd, a 46-year-old black man suspected of passing a counterfeit $20 bill, died in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pressed his knee to Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes.

Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images

hide caption

toggle caption

Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images

America Reckons With Racial Injustice

Hundreds Attend Memorial For George Floyd After Days Of Nationwide Protests

The Rev. Al Sharpton gave the eulogy at Thursday’s memorial for George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd, 46, died in police custody on May 25.

WATCH: Clarinetist Anthony McGill Kneels, Pleads And Plays For Justice

Medical Examiner’s Autopsy Reveals George Floyd Had Positive Test For Coronavirus

6 Atlanta Officers Charged After Release Of ‘Disturbing’ Arrest Video

How The George Floyd Protests Are (And Aren’t) Like 1968