this is deed of new news live from berlin a final farewell the funeral of george floyd and in his hometown of houston texas. hundreds of mourners pack a church for the funeral of the man whose killing in police custody in minneapolis 2 weeks ago triggered global protests against racism and police brutality.

i'm told me a lot of well welcome to the program we begin in the united states where more than 500 mourners have turned out for the funeral of george floyd a black man who was killed in police custody in minneapolis last month the 46 year old father of 2 died one after a white officer knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes mr floyd is being buried it is native city of houston in the state of texas is killing sparked weeks of global protests and international support for the black lives matter movement civil rights activist reverend al sharpton led mr floyd's family into the church during the eulogy reverend sharpton highlighted racial inequities inherent in the u.s. justice system mr floyd is being laid to rest next to his mother. friends and family friends and members of floyd's family spoke strongly and

eloquently about the man they knew and loved but hear some of those tributes. we thank you for liberation we thank you for the life of joy it's god that at a moment when he caught out for his mom we believe that mom and i want. the crap out of. nowhere hate crimes leaf so why is it make america great again but when you have mecca ever been great. thank. those for offices where literally only. and so they have a more. this is not just murder. i believe my grandmother was right here oh i'm sick come on baby you should if you're just trying not watching to this guy

. if all black. had gone no one white. if 4 black cops had done no one white what was done there joe they would have to teach no new lessons they wouldn't have to get corporations to get money they would send them to jail and until we know the rights for black life is the same is the price for white light we go keep coming back to the situations over and over again either the law will work or it won't work. all of a salad is outside houston's fountain of praise church where george floyd's funeral is taking place all the way you've been following the service can give us a sense of the mood. well it was a very sad day of course 500 guests were inside the ceremony the closest family

members of course the bit their final farewell with tears in their eyes friends also politicians came congress people civil rights activists so it was more than just a small ceremony of course and the family really wanted to celebrate george floyd's life you're also the fact that he became the face of a global movement fighting inequality racial injustice and that is what we've witnessed here today but there was also a political dimension to the ceremony today perhaps one of the most emotional emotional moments was a speech delivered by joe biden the likely candidate of the democratic party in the presidential race and then also congressman al green spoke here i had the opportunity to speak to him earlier today let's listen in what he had to say. we need a reconciliation in this country. we've had reconciliation to

a great extent you don't. recognize it you don't. compare to riff that you thought well if we have a reconciliation partner in the cabinet of the united states of america with tara reconciliation who reports directly to the president whose job it is to eliminate racism and invidious discrimination who reports to the congress. and can report how well he's doing his job what progress are we making this is what we're going to need for the long run so that we can take care of the problem not only today but into the distant future. as you mentioned george floyd has become an icon for people across the world because of his death at the hands of police officers what do we know about his life. well one former classmate called him a gentle giant. his family members refer to him simply as the big floyd and you also told guy he was an athlete he played football in basketball he came from

humble beginnings as the us we've also heard very often here in the speeches delivered you grew up in a poor neighborhood hero suburb southwest of the city of houston then he did call it later became a blue collar worker 1st a truck driver later a security guard then moved to the city of minneapolis where he got killed almost 2 weeks ago by a policeman as we know and sparking a worldwide movement and that's what people here in houston are especially proud of today and that will many people also are putting their hopes and. all of us on it in houston thank you. have been anti-racism protests here in germany as a result of george floyd's death it comes at a time when the federal antidiscrimination agency says there is an ongoing racism problem in germany and that it's getting worse. tammany slowly waking up to d.c.

this communication that the number of cases is on the rise there were 3 task 588 cases of discrimination in 2019. stuff you kind of should see there shouldn't be any gaps in protection in the long term and this is an important as rights movement that's in his defense state to have an end to discrimination law because it. and other state should follow through shortly. to counter his latest report looks at this can mean a show based on gender disability age religion sexual identity and worldview but the largest issue remains racial discrimination most of the cases in 201933 percent were classified as racist discrimination attacks and 176 reported cases last year more than double compared to 4 years ago in the report so i'm quite

disciplined cited their experiences. to colleagues from another department approached me laughing and asked me if i worked at the company to make coffee hey i'm a civil engineer from syria. kid at school insulted my brother because he's got dark skin then he hit him the teacher saw everything but did nothing. are not isolated cases. and gotten in the family racism isn't really addressed as a very limited understanding of it and it's limited to political rights there is no understanding that systemic racism is present at all levels of society and this debate must take place because racism kills our institutions. the report comes at a time when a new awareness towards every day discrimination is raised following protests denouncing police violence to its people of color all over the world. george floyd's death came as no surprise to spike lee the director of films like malcolm

x. and do the right thing has made a short film which makes connections between george floyd's death and what the filmmaker sees as institutionalized violence and racism in america's police forces the oscar winner told d.w. why this time he's hopeful of change. spike lee's response to the death of george floyd was to make this film editing footage of floyd's killing with the chokehold death of garner in 2014 and with scenes from his own 1989 film do the right thing the right thing was based on. my post and. the simple and brutal message is this is happened before if nothing changes this will happen again. but lee does see a difference this time in the broad group of americans whose response to george lloyd's death was to take to the streets.

or your system broke. and join us. in saying this has to stop. and there's a national crowd or these police departments across america got to do some with them you know they got out they got to be reform change fast app and how elise's done the united states of america left t.i. for decades spike lee has been making movies about u.s. racism and the forgotten history of african-americans amid the shoot 'em up action of his new film the 5 bloods about black vietnam vets least slips in social and political commentary. about the current resident of the white house leaders of mince words his nickname for president donald trump says

a lot of agent orange is going to go down as the worst president in history of the united states in america. and it's funny now you see his allies these generals and politicians are slowly starting to move away from him because they can read the writing in the wall and they don't want to go down in history attached this guy. beat on a written down history is on the wrong side of history with a capital w. for the 1st time in decades one of america's loudest critics sees hope for real change hope i see there's a 1000000 americans taking to streets saying enough is enough i see hope in. you still more hopeful on november 4th that's the

day after president elect. now for some other stories making news around the world . burundi's outgoing president. has died of a heart attack at the age of 56 he was due to step down from power in just a few weeks his tenure of 15 years was marked by a deadly political violence and a historic withdrawal from the international criminal court. iran's judiciary says it has sentenced to death an iranian man who provided information to the u.s. and israel about the location of revolutionary guards commander kasim saloon money general sort of money was killed in a u.s. drone strike in iraq in january. london mayor said he can is calling for monuments in the city to reflect the country's diversity as the debate over racism in britain's colonial past heats up speaking days after anti racism protesters in the english port city of bristol pulled down a statue of

a 17th century slave trader. and a reminder of our top story. 500 mourners have attended the funeral of george floyd in his native city off houston texas his death in police custody in minneapolis 2 weeks ago a spot protest against racism. you're watching news from but then don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website the lead up to dot com as well as instagram and twitter news we'll leave you now with some more images from the funeral of short flight.

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