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Minneapolis, Jun 4 (EFE/EPA).- Shouts and slogans against police brutality targeting African Americans once again on Thursday resounded through the streets in a number of major US cities, while in Minneapolis hundreds gathered to bid a tearful farewell to George Floyd, whose murder while in police custody last week sparked a nationwide wave of protests, riots and looting.Hundreds of people paid homage to George Floyd, an African American, at the North Central University amphitheater in the Minnesota capital, with Martin Luther King III, the oldest son of the civil rights leader killed in 1968, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson among the crowd.Also on hand for the service were Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, US Congresswomen Ilhan Omar, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Ayana Pressley and Joyce Beatty; along with rappers TI, Ludacris and Tyrese Gibson; comedians Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish; and actress Marsai Martin.Before Floyd's gold-colored casket, the Rev. Al Sharpton delivered an emotional eulogy in which he urged the black community to remove once and for all the "knee" that presses down on their neck and prevents them from prospering, a metaphor evoking the way in which Floyd lost his life on May 25.Floyd, who has become a symbol of the hunger for change, was arrested by Minneapolis police, handcuffed and placed facedown on the pavement but then suffocated when a white cop knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes, a shocking death scene that was recorded by passersby on their cellphones and has sparked outrage and anger all across the US. (Camera: CRAIG LASSIG).SHOT LIST: MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD, WHO DIED IN POLICE CUSTODY IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, US.
Mourners gather at the home of Guinean singer Mory Kante who has died at the age of 70. Kante helped introduce African music to a world audience in the 1980s and was best known for his dance song "Yeke Yeke," which was a huge hit in Africa before becoming a No. 1 in several European countries in 1988. IMAGES
Ed Sheeran is looking at a court in battle as the songwriters for Matt Cardle's 2010 hit "Photograph" are alleging he plagiarized the song for his single, "Amazing."
As the night falls, people continue to leave flowers, candles in tribute to former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera outside his home in the capital Santiago after the 74-year-old died in a helicopter crash. IMAGES
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