THE ESSENTIAL
Two weeks after being killed by a white policeman who pressed his neck with his knee for almost nine minutes, George Floyd will be buried Tuesday in Houston, his hometown. Thousands of people are expected in Texas and elsewhere to pay a final tribute to the man whose death has sparked a wave of anti-racism protests worldwide, under the slogan "Black Lives Matter". On Monday evening, Derek Chauvin, the white police officer accused of the murder, briefly appeared for the first time before a judge. His bail was set at $ 1 million.
The three things to remember:
- George Floyd's funeral on Tuesday in Houston
- Monday, thousands of people came to meditate in front of his coffin
- In the evening, the white policeman who killed George Floyd appeared before a judge who set his release bail at $ 1 million
The last farewell to George Floyd
After a public tribute on Monday, the funeral of George Floyd is due to begin late Tuesday. Family lawyer Ben Crump said the Reverend and American civil rights leader Al Sharpton will again give his eulogy.
On Monday, more than 6,000 people gathered in front of the Fountain of Praise church to say goodbye before his funeral in family intimacy. Many came from the "Third Ward", the neighborhood where he grew up. Pandemic obliges, the wearing of the mask was compulsory in the church and the visitors, whose temperature had been taken, had only a few seconds to meditate in front of the coffin before leaving their place.
A million dollar deposit for Derek Chauvin
In Minneapolis, policeman Derek Chauvin, who has become the face of police brutality around the world since the broadcast of a video showing him pressing his knee for almost nine minutes on George Floyd's neck, appeared in an orange prisoner's outfit for a procedural hearing organized by video from the high security prison in which he is detained. During this first appearance, exactly two weeks after the death of George Floyd, judge Jeannice Reding set the amount of the release bail for the 44-year-old former agent at $ 1 million, subject to certain conditions. The date of the next hearing has been set for June 29.
Derek Chauvin had initially been charged with manslaughter, but the facts were reclassified as premeditated murder, a count punishable by 40 years in prison. Three of his former colleagues involved in the fatal arrest of George Floyd on May 25 in Minneapolis have been charged with complicity in murder.