
US Police Officer Charged In Floyd Death To Appear In Court
The white police officer whose fatal arrest of George Floyd sparked mass protests for racial justice across the United States and beyond was to make his first court appearance Monday in Minneapolis, where the city council has moved to disband the police department.
Thousands of mourners were expected to attend a memorial for the 46-year-old African American at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston, the Texas town where he grew up and is to be buried on Tuesday next to his mother.
Among those paying their respects will be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, who