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Minneapolis mayor sobs uncontrollably at gold coffin of George Floyd as MLK III, Rev. Jesse Jackson, rapper T.I and actor Kevin Hart join mourners at memorial led by Rev. Al Sharpton wearing one black glove
Daily Mail ^ | June 4, 2020 | Emily Crane

Posted on 06/04/2020 12:49:58 PM PDT by kevcol

Civil rights activist Al Sharpton attacked President Donald Trump and vowed not to let those with agendas use George Floyd as prop during his powerful eulogy for the man who was anonymous in life but sparked global protests for justice in death.

Hollywood celebrities, musicians and the politically powerful filed into a sanctuary in front of the golden casket of Floyd for a memorial service on Thursday as mourners began a three-city farewell.

The service unfolded at the Lindquist Sanctuary at the North Central University as a judge less than a mile away set bail at $750,000 each for three of the four fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting murder in his death.

The memorial drew the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and members of Congress, including Reps. Ilhan Omar, Sheila Jackson-Lee and Ayana Pressley. Among the celebrities in attendance were T.I., Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish and Marsai Martin.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Minnesota; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: blackprivilege; crocodiletears; fakenews; floydfuneral; goldcoffin; jacobfrey; jessejackson; minneapolis; minnesota; sharpton; timwalz
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To: frank ballenger

I thought the exact same thing....


101 posted on 06/04/2020 1:41:55 PM PDT by datura
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To: Buckeye McFrog
I guess EVERY funeral in Minnesota is the Wellstone Memorial

No, not so. My mother-in-law passed away last Tuesday. We had not been able to see her for Easter, Mother's Day, .... She died at her daughter's home among her loved ones. We had a small graveside ceremony. She wasn't important enough for a full on Wellstone Memorial.

Her life was never as exciting as that of George Floyd. She never held anyone up, never served a prison sentence, never used drugs, ..... She just worshipped God, honored Him in her life as a surgical nurse and left quietly, after having arranged and paid for her funeral several months ago. She was quiet and dignified. She didn't get much comfort in her last months owing to the Corona crap, but she died well. And last Saturday, a bright, sunny yet cool day, we laid her to rest in a quiet cemetery. It wasn't the funeral she'd wanted, but it was beautiful and we honored her with due decorum.


102 posted on 06/04/2020 1:43:22 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal (I believe it! He's alive! Sweet Jesus!)
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To: kevcol

God will not withhold judgement on these people any longer.


103 posted on 06/04/2020 1:44:07 PM PDT by wolfman
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To: Tennessee Nana

I’m sure all the contributors to the family’s $10 Million Go Fund Me had that gold coffin in mind when they gave their money/sarc


104 posted on 06/04/2020 1:44:28 PM PDT by freedomispriceless
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To: mewzilla

Powerful point.

Sorry for your loss.


105 posted on 06/04/2020 1:46:21 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: Huskrrrr

Over? HAA!!

There’s at least a couple more memorials yet to come is what I heard.

Oh joy.


106 posted on 06/04/2020 1:47:56 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: Huskrrrr

This circus really pisses me off.

A white couple travelling on I-10 through Baton Rouge stopped to get gasoline. Two elementary age kids in the back seat.
Husband is confronted by a black man who shoots him in the head. Wife gets out to protect her husband. A black woman then shoots the wife in the head.

So a white couple were executed in front of their kids for being in the wrong part of town.

NO media attention to this at all.


107 posted on 06/04/2020 1:48:22 PM PDT by Texas resident (Remember in November)
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To: All

OMG.

Some CEO guy named Zane Tankel just said on Neil Cavuto’s show that he decided not to shave his beard off in honor of George Floyd. WT Flying F?

What does a beard have to do with anything, Floyd didn’t even have a beard.

Pure insanity.

I think I’m going to make a BLT now. You know, “in honor of George Floyd.”


108 posted on 06/04/2020 1:49:06 PM PDT by KJC1
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To: NormsRevenge

Total 3 days for this staged funeral drama to play out and then they’ll be back to riot.


109 posted on 06/04/2020 1:49:54 PM PDT by caww
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To: kevcol
At first, I was outraged at what happened to George Floyd when I saw the footage. At this point, after all the death and destruction that followed in his wake, about the only emotion I feel for the tragedy is:


110 posted on 06/04/2020 1:51:52 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: kevcol
Minneapolis mayor sobs uncontrollably at gold coffin of George Floyd as MLK III, Rev. Jesse Jackson, rapper T.I and actor Kevin Hart join mourners at memorial led by Rev. Al Sharpton wearing one black glove

Ooooooh, I'm soooooo glad that Minneapolis has such a resolute, assertive leader to guide the city through these troubling times.

111 posted on 06/04/2020 1:54:19 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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To: kevcol
New York Post on Twitter: "Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey hits back ...

 

Sobbing Soi Boi.

112 posted on 06/04/2020 1:54:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: kevcol

OMG

This guy is Elvis


113 posted on 06/04/2020 1:54:56 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Well, she was partly responsible for this cluster, so maybe she’s trying to atone, hee-hee.


114 posted on 06/04/2020 1:55:19 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

The book is so much better.


115 posted on 06/04/2020 1:56:49 PM PDT by Citizen Soldier
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To: mewzilla

My aunt lost her mother, presumably to dementia-related complications, and we haven’t joined together for a memorial yet. My Governor (Larry Boss Hogg Hogan) does realize it’s already June, right?


116 posted on 06/04/2020 1:57:33 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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To: Huskrrrr

Each celebrity “mourner” trying to steal the spotlight.


117 posted on 06/04/2020 1:57:41 PM PDT by Citizen Soldier
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To: kevcol
No one is crying over the innocent puppy that some black thug looter grabbed up out of a yard, tortured, and strangled. OMG, a baby dog, an innocent creature. That guy should be thrown into a deep quarry, minimum.

OK, THIS is the icon, the hero to a large part of the black community and a bunch of useful white lib idiots--a criminal, a porn "actor", sire of an illegitimate child, a drug user and someone who obviously neglected the responsibility of his health. How on earth does this marginal character rate nationwide riots in his "honor", a gaudy gold casket, the most pathetic protozoid politicians kneeling before his casket, etc. merit anything besides his basic 6 x 3?

118 posted on 06/04/2020 1:57:49 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Texas resident

Unfortunately there are some states and areas of you should not travel thru for any reason.

When in Flrida, and unfamiliar with the area I took a wrong exit....driving along trying to figure out where I was, I saw women hanging out on corners and boarded windows and gated doors. Wasn’t driving more than 5 minutes when a police car was in back of me and another along side. Pulled over and they said ..”we knew you weren’t from around here, a blond woman driving a nice car by herself wouldn’t survive”....they were actually escorting me until I was back up on the freeway..said they new I was lost.


119 posted on 06/04/2020 2:02:04 PM PDT by caww
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To: bramps

Thanks. I feel for families who have to suffer their loss without loved ones and friends beside them. And then to see this. It’s infuriating. Not that Floyd’s family is getting multiple opportunities to mourn their family member, but that others are being denied the same.


120 posted on 06/04/2020 2:02:22 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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