U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks throughout a go to to the Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Delawa
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks throughout a go to to the Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. June 1, 2020.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden will go to Houston on Monday to pay his respects to the household of George Floyd, the Biden marketing campaign mentioned on Sunday.
“Vice President Biden will journey to Houston Monday to specific his condolences in-person to the Floyd household. He’s additionally recording a video message for the funeral service,” marketing campaign spokesman T.J. Ducklo mentioned in an announcement to NBC Information.
Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, was initially anticipated to attend the non-public funeral in Houston on Tuesday, in keeping with Benjamin Crump, a lawyer for Floyd’s household. As a substitute, Biden will now meet with the household privately to supply his condolences with out disrupting the companies.
Floyd’s funeral in Houston follows memorial companies in Minneapolis on Thursday and one other service in North Carolina on Saturday.
Floyd died on Memorial Day after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for greater than eight minutes regardless of Floyd’s cries that he couldn’t breathe. The fired officer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with second-degree homicide, third-degree homicide and second-degree manslaughter.
Since Floyd’s dying, protests have erupted throughout the nation and different elements of the world as folks condemn racism and police brutality.