An illustration of George Floyd is affixed to the window of a vacant building Tuesday, May 26, 2020, near where he was detained by police officers in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. A video taken by a bystander shows a Minneapolis police officer with his knee on the neck of a man in custody who later died. The four officers involved have been fired. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
An illustration of George Floyd is affixed to the window of a vacant building Tuesday, May 26, 2020, near where he was detained by police officers in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. A video taken by a bystander shows a Minneapolis police officer with his knee on the neck of a man in custody who later died. The four officers involved have been fired. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
The golden casket containing George Floyd's body is surrounded by floral arrangements and pictures.
The black man died after a white police officer pressed a knee into his neck last month in Minneapolis.
The first of three memorial services is being held in the Frank J. Lindquist sanctuary at North Central University.
Organizers of this memorial and two others want the services to acknowledge the meaning Floyd had in life to his large family and the broader meaning he has assumed in death.