The funeral aired live on broadcast and cable television, and speaker after speaker invoked the political moment born out of Mr. Floyd’s death. “No child should have to ask the question that too many black children have had to ask for generations: ‘Why? Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader who delivered the eulogy, admonished the country’s political and business leaders for belatedly saying they are sorry for the mistreatment of African-Americans. One by one, Mr. Sharpton named the relatives of other black men and women who have been killed by the police and asked them to stand. “The mother of Trayvon Martin, will you stand,” Mr. Sharpton said.

Source: New York Times June 09, 2020 17:00 UTC