ORLANDO, Fla. – As thousands of people showed up to a memorial service in Minneapolis for George Floyd, many others all across the nation gathered in groups to watch from afar.
Thomas Campbell watched the service from Oley’s Restaurant in Orlando. He said he wanted to have those tough conversations when it comes to police brutality and racial injustice here in America. “It just makes me frustrated what us blacks are going through,” Campbell said. “He shouldn’t have died with another white man’s knee on his neck.
I don’t think that was right.” [LIVE UPDATES: George Floyd’s mourners stand for 8 minutes, 46 seconds] He’s like many reacting after Floyd was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis. “In general, it saddens everyone.