WATCH: Floyd family attorney Ben Crump speaks during George Floyd memorial

Celebrities, civil rights activists, politicians and family members of George Floyd prayed and joined together in a memorial that was both a celebration of his life and a mourning of a man whose death at the hands of police has sparked protests nationwide and calls for an end to racial injustice and police brutality. It was not the coronavirus that killed Floyd, the family’s attorney Ben Crump said, but instead, it was the “pandemic of racism and discrimination.” Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us: Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour Twitter:   / newshour   Instagram:   / newshour   Snapchat: @pbsnews Subscribe: PBS NewsHour podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe