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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
Is this a golden coffin or a Golden Calf?

you win the internet

141 posted on 06/04/2020 2:36:15 PM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: NormsRevenge
What happened to Floyd was wrong and criminal. That said do these fools realize they are glorifying a violent thug of a felon who was higher than a kite on several illegal drugs? I would think they could admit his life was not something to celebrate while moving on with dialogue with the police department. I wonder how much of the 20 million donated will go to help businesses ransacked and destroyed by those rioting for said thug. 🙄. I’m disgusted by the whole thing.
142 posted on 06/04/2020 2:36:37 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: skimbell

No the 68 black power Olympians


143 posted on 06/04/2020 2:39:57 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: Texas resident

When this?


144 posted on 06/04/2020 2:41:20 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: Phil DiBasquette
No the 68 black power Olympians

George Foreman's response to those nutbags...

A great Texan, and a great American!

145 posted on 06/04/2020 2:41:27 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: aposiopetic

LOL
trailer trash
(my apologies to real trailer trash)


146 posted on 06/04/2020 2:43:13 PM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: Mom MD
What happened to Floyd was wrong and criminal.

I'm not sure that even needs to be said, after all who is in favor of what happened?

Oh, yeah, now that I think about it, maybe Black Lives Matter is in favor.

147 posted on 06/04/2020 2:47:16 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

They certainly have profited from it


148 posted on 06/04/2020 2:48:31 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Balding_Eagle
What happened to Floyd was wrong and criminal. I'm not sure that even needs to be said, after all who is in favor of what happened?

The rioters attitude is that the cop isn't responsible for his death, but that Trump voters are responsible for his death. Of course, that's despite the fact that this took place in a Democrat-run City, in a Democrat-run State.

149 posted on 06/04/2020 2:48:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Going to take a while to get this one in the ground.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/us/george-floyd-funeral-june-9/index.html

Services honoring George Floyd, who died while being arrested in Minneapolis, will take place in three states over the course of six days.

A memorial service will be held in Minneapolis on Thursday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., family attorney Benjamin Crump said.
The Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver a eulogy at the memorial, which will take place at the Frank J. Lindquist Sanctuary at North Central University.

A public viewing and a private memorial service will be held in Raeford, North Carolina, on Saturday, Hubert Peterkin, the sheriff of Hoke County, said on Facebook.

The public viewing will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Cape Fear Conference B Headquarters, followed by a private service for just the family at 3 p.m., Peterkin said

Next Monday, a public memorial will take place from noon to 6 p.m. at The Fountain of Praise Church at 13950 Hillcroft Ave. in Houston, the Fort Bend Memorial Planning Center said in a statement.

And on Tuesday, a private service will be held at an undisclosed location, the statement said.


150 posted on 06/04/2020 3:12:15 PM PDT by deport
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

“Bonfire of the Vanities” is on my re-reading list. Never saw the movie, hopefully it lives up to the book.


151 posted on 06/04/2020 3:16:41 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: kevcol
I guess all these out of work actors and actresses have been giving lessons to these folks.

If you're going to Virtue Signal, might as well go all out.

152 posted on 06/04/2020 3:21:43 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: frank ballenger

Very good question.


153 posted on 06/04/2020 3:24:19 PM PDT by DeplorableGirl
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To: kevcol

#5. Jesse Jackson is asking “Check his wallet” while One Glove Sharpton is pretending to be a proctologist. Why not? He’s screwed America, esp. black Americans, for nearly 50 years and got rich and away doing it.

This should have been a reverent funeral viewing, not, as one Freeper wrote, a “Freakshow”, but that’s how these publicity-seeking clowns are.


154 posted on 06/04/2020 3:57:35 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Bellagio

“I can’t stop laughing at this circus of fake outrage, drama and staged grief for a nobody being use as a political prop to bring down America and Trump at all costs.”

Hear, hear!


155 posted on 06/04/2020 4:52:04 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: kevcol

What a girl.


156 posted on 06/04/2020 5:40:49 PM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: kevcol
"vowed not to let those with agendas use George Floyd as prop"

Projection much?

157 posted on 06/04/2020 5:49:22 PM PDT by tinyowl (A is A)
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To: kevcol; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; Clemenza; ...

Canonizing a criminal thug & currency counterfeiter who is getting a de facto state funeral. We are reaching the nadir of our American society.


158 posted on 06/04/2020 5:52:39 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: Huskrrrr

Follow the Money, who paid for this Gold Casket and Funeral????


159 posted on 06/04/2020 5:57:46 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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To: left that other site

Biden said he was going to funeral in Houston, Tex, did they have one there?


160 posted on 06/04/2020 5:58:30 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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