US protests latest: thousands pay tribute to George Floyd; Chauvin bail set at US$1.25 million
- Bail set for ex-officer charged with his murder; Democrats’ police reform bill would ban chokeholds
- Here’s the latest on the protests, sparked by the killing of George Floyd
The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be buried in Houston Tuesday, carried home in a horse-drawn carriage.
George Floyd, who was 46 when he was killed, will be laid to rest next to his mother. On May 25, as a white Minneapolis officer pressed a knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes, the dying man cried out for his mother.
His funeral will be private. A public memorial service was held Monday in Houston, where he grew up. Some 6,000 people attended.
As the public viewing unfolded in Houston, Derek Chauvin, 44, the police officer charged with second-degree murder in the case, made his first court appearance in Minneapolis by video link, with a judge ordering his bail at US$1.25 million.
Chauvin’s three co-defendants, accused of aiding and abetting Floyd’s murder, were previously ordered held on US$750,000 bond each.
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Black Lives Matter protests sweep the globe after police killing of George Floyd in US
Demonstrations, unleashed amid anxiety and joblessness from the coronavirus pandemic, invigorated the Black Lives Matter movement, thrusting calls for racial justice and police reforms to the top of America’s political agenda ahead of the November 3 presidential election.