India, May 26 -- George Floyd died five years ago. To mark the anniversary of the 46-year-old's murder, Rev Al Sharpton spoke at a graveside service in Houston. He said that Floyd represented all of those 'who are defenseless against people who thought they could put their knee on our neck'. He further compared the killing to that of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black child who was abducted, mutilated, and slain in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman.

"What Emmett Till was in his time, George Floyd has been for this time in history," Sharpton said.

Meanwhile, events in Minneapolis were centered around the George Floyd Square, where police Officer Derek Chauvin used his knee to pin Floyd's neck to the pavemen...