GEORGE
GEORGE FLOYD. GEORGE FLOYD.
GEORGE FLOYD. GEORGE FLOYD.
GEORGE FLOYD. GEORGE FLOYD.
GEORGE FLOYD. GEORGE FLOYD.
GEORGE FLOYD. GEORGE FLOYD.
AND
AND RIGHT
AND RIGHT NOW ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, IT APPEARS
THAT THE CASKET OF GEORGE FLOYD
IS ABOUT TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO
THE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE THAT
WILL CARRY HIM TO HIS BURIAL
SITE AT HOUSTON MEMORIAL
GARDENS AND JUST AS SOON AS WE
SEE THAT CASKET, WE'RE GOING TO
GIVE THIS TIME THE DIGNITY THAT
IT DESERVES.
IT DESERVES. AND LET THAT HAPPEN.
AND LET YOU EXPERIENCE THIS.
AS IT HAPPENS AS WELL.
AS WE WATCH PEOPLE BE MOVED AND
IT APPEARS THAT IS CHIEF
ASEVETO THERE WITH THE PEOPLE
WHETHER OR NOT GATHERED TO
WITNESS THIS.
WITNESS THIS. -- WHETHER OR NOT GATHERED TO
WITNESS THIS.
WITNESS THIS. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO
LET YOU WITHIN IN AND WATCH
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THANK
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
CHIEF.
CHIEF. CHIEF, HEY, IT'S GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
WHAT'S
WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR MIND? >> THE COMMUNITY IS COMING OUT.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABILITY
THIS IS A WATERSHED MOMENT IN
OUR NATION'S HISTORY.
WE SAW A LOT OF WHITE FACES
ALONG THE ROUTE.
YOU SEE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY
COMING TOGETHER AND THE WHOLE
NATION COMING TOGETHER.
LET'S MAKE THE CLANG THAT WE
CAN MAKE.
CAN MAKE.
CAN MAKE. AND IT'S OVER DO.
>> THE CHANGE THAT WE CAN MAKE.
AND IT'S OVER DO.
>> LET'S MAKE IT BETTER.
--
-- OVER
-- OVER DUE.
THERE
THERE IS
THERE IS A CLOSE UP GROUND SHOT OF THE CARRIAGE WITH GEORGE
FLOYD'S CASKET INSIDE.
THE LARGE BOUQUET OF WHITE
FLOWERS ON TOP.
YOU SEE THE BALLOONS THERE
ALSO.
ALSO.
ALSO. THEY HAVE LOADED IT AND THEN IT
WILL BE LEAVING AND HEADED FOR
THE CEMETERY SHORTLY.
>>> LYNN, IT REALLY IS
SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL THAT
WE'RE SEEING.
WE'RE SEEING. AND YOU SEE THERE SOMEONE
STANDING AT SALUTE RIGHT NOW.
THE
THE MAN
THE MAN THERE IN HIS COWBOY HAT LIKELY ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO
WILL DIRECT THE CARRIAGE, THE
HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE TO HOUSTON
MEMORIAL GARDEN AS WE SEE IT
START TO ROLL OFF NOW.
AND SOON, WILL MAKE ITS WAY OUT
THAT PARKING LOT AND PASSED THE
PEOPLE AGAIN.
AND
AND THIS
AND THIS IS THE MOMENT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MOST OF
THE DAY, MIA, THE MOMENT WHEN
THE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE
CARRIES THE CASKET OF GEORGE
FLOYD.
FLOYD.
FLOYD. ONE FINAL MILE TO HIS FINAL
RESTING PLACE AT THE CEMETERY.
HE WILL BE LAID TO REST NEXT TO
HIS MOTHER, MISS SISSY, AS HER
SISTER REFERRED TO HER.
FAMILY MEMBERS INVITED THERE
ONLY IN A PRIVATE GRAVE SIDE
SERVICE.
SERVICE.
SERVICE. THE OWNER OF THE CARRIAGE SAID
IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE THIS SERVICE FOR THE
FAMILY.
.
. >>
. >> AND
. >> AND IT IS SOME SIGHT, IT IS.
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
BUT YET SO POIGNANT, THE IMAGES
OF THAT HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE
AND THE GOLDEN CASKET THAT IT
CARRIES.
CARRIES.
CARRIES. AND THE CARRIAGES THAT FOLLOW
IT.
IT.
IT. IT'S
IT. IT'S SOMETHING OF SUCH
GRANDEUR.
GRANDEUR.
GRANDEUR. SO ORNATE, SO VERY SPECIAL AND
SO VERY FITTING TODAY WE HEARD
FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO SO
LOVED GEORGE.
LOVED GEORGE. THAT SOMEONE WHO ENDED HIS LIFE
IN SUCH A TRAGIC WAY BE LIFTED
UP IN SUCH A SPECIAL AND
MEMORABLE WAY IN THIS MOMENT
THIS AFTERNOON THAT NOT JUST
HOUSTON AND THE PEOPLE WHETHER
OR NOT HAVE GATHER INNED --
PEOPLE WHO HAVE GATHERED THERE
ON THE GROUND IN PEAR LAND
PREPARING TO PREPARE TO SEND
HIM OFF TO HIS BURIAL POLICE
BUT ALL AROUND THE WORLD --
BURIAL PLACE BUT ALL AROUND THE
WORLD AS WE CONTINUE TO WATCH
THE CARRIAGE MAKE ITS WAY BACK
ALONG CULLEN BOULEVARD.