On Monday, George Floyd’s family lawyer said his funeral would take place on June 9 in Houston.

George Floyd is the black man who died after a Minneapolis knelt on his neck causing his suffocation.

“There will be a memorial at Minneapolis on Thursday from 1 pm until 3 pm,” stated attorney Ben Crump. He was speaking to a presser in Minneapolis to report the findings of an independent autopsy.

“On Saturday, a memorial will take place in North Carolina, his place of birth from 1 pm to 3 pm. Afterward, a funeral will take place on June 9 in Houston Texas at 11 pm,” said the family’s lawyer.

Rage

George Floyd passed away on May 27 after police knelt on his neck for nine minutes. Although Mr. Floyd became unresponsive after three minutes, the police officer didn’t let him loose.

Floyd’s death captured on a mobile phone video ignited outrage in the United States over African Americans’ deaths caused by the police.

Moreover, it echoed high profile cases that encouraged the Black Lives Matter Movement such as the July 2014 choking of Eric Garner in New York, and the August 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson.

Autopsy report

Over the weekend, nationwide chaos sparked by police brutality erupted in almost 140 cities. Some turned violent raising alarm regarding the seriousness of the protests.

Crump announced George Floyd’s autopsy showed he died from suffocation caused by a Minneapolis police officer. He added Floyd didn’t die from a pre-existing heart problem as earlier reported.