09-06-2020 17:54 via ocregister.com

Hundreds pack Houston church for Floyd funeral

By JUAN A. LOZANO and NOMAAN MERCHANT
HOUSTON — Hundreds of mourners packed a Houston church Tuesday for the funeral of George Floyd, capping six days of mourning for the black man whose death has led to a global reckoning over police brutality and racial injustice.
Floyd, 46, was to be laid to rest next to his mother in the suburb of Pearland. He called out for her as a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee on his neck May 25. Cellphone video of the encounter ignited protests an
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