This Sunday the body of George Floyd, who died at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, arrived in Houston where he will be buried with his mother. The authorities are preparing to receive my ...
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George Floyd's remains arrive in Houston 3:10
(CNN) - Houston authorities await thousands of people during Monday's visit to George Floyd, whose death in police custody in Minneapolis has sparked protests across the United States and around the world.
Floyd, 46, grew up in the city's Third District and will be buried in Houston with his mother, according to the Fort Bend Memorial Planning Center.
Floyd graduated from Jack Yates High School in 1992, where he helped the soccer team win the state title. He also played basketball there, La'Torria Lemon, a spokesman for the funeral home, told CNN on Sunday.
- Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of the death of George Floyd, will appear in court this Monday
The world unites in a cry against racism 2:39The public is invited to attend from noon to 6 pm local time, Lemon said.
"We are anticipating about 10,000 people and that is what we are preparing for," he said.
Before moving to Minneapolis, Floyd was well known on the Houston music scene, rapping with a group called Screwed Up Clik (SUC).
Floyd died last month after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee to Floyd's neck.
Chauvin was fired and charged with murder. The other three police officers who were on the scene were charged with aiding and abetting unintentional manslaughter and aiding and abetting involuntary manslaughter.
On Saturday hundreds of people lined up to see Floyd's coffin in public in Raeford, North Carolina, about 50 miles from where he was born.
Meanwhile, protests against systematic racism and police violence continued over the weekend, with large crowds in Washington, Philadelphia, and other cities and towns in the United States.
Floyd's body is already in Houston, according to Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo.
"#GeorgeFloyd and his family are safe in Houston," he tweeted this Sunday.
It was "a big problem for our city to bring him back home," Acevedo said. “He is well known, he is known to many of our agents. We want to make sure that the family is safe, that the movement is safe. We want to make sure that the family knows that we are here to help them and that we support them right now. ”
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Thousands march in Washington for the death of George Floyd 3:56Politicians and artists are waiting
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will travel to Houston on Monday to meet privately with Floyd's family and offer their condolences, according to a Biden adviser.
The former vice president will record a video message for Floyd's private funeral on Tuesday, the aide said. But Biden does not plan to attend Tuesday's service. His team does not want to cause security disruptions by the Biden Secret Service scheme, according to people familiar with those deliberations.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and actor Jamie Foxx are among those expected on Tuesday, Lemon said, adding that a summary of the funeral will be available Monday night.
Tuesday's funeral will be available through streaming on The Fountain of Praise Church's website, Lemon said.
1 of 48 | George Floyd pleaded with the police officers before his death in Minneapolis, asking them why his arrest, without resisting in any way, said a friend who was with him at the time. Floyd died on May 25, and since then crowds have protested for days demanding the arrest of the four officers involved. Authorities initially arrested Derek Chauvin, the police officer who held Floyd to the ground by the neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds before he died. This Wednesday, June 4, they filed the murder charges against him and accused three other former agents who were on the scene of helping and encouraging the murder. See in this gallery the images of the demonstrations, riots and acts of solidarity that the United States has witnessed in recent days.
2 of 48 | In South Korea, activists gathered to honor George Floyd and stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, outside the United States Embassy in Seoul on June 5, 2020. (Credit: Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)
3 of 48 | In Frankfurt, Germany, a group of protesters marched on June 5, 2020 to show solidarity with the United States' Black Lives Matter movement, more than a week after George Floyd's death at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis. (Credit: YANN SCHREIBER / AFP via Getty Images)
4 of 48 | Protesters in Frankfurt carried signs with the phrase "Without justice there is no peace" and "Say your names" during the protests in honor of George Floyd on June 5, 2020 in western Germany. (Credit: YANN SCHREIBER / AFP via Getty Images)
5 of 48 | In Pakistan, activists from the Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) also joined the protests with images of Floyd on the streets of Karachi on June 5, 2020. (Credit: ASIF HASSAN / AFP via Getty Images)
6 of 48 | In Grenoble, France, a woman takes a photo of the mural painted by artist Combo, in tribute to George Floyd, as part of the 6th Grenoble-Alpes Street Art Festival, on June 5, 2020. (Credit: PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP via Getty Images)
7 of 48 | "Color (of skin) is not a crime," says this poster of a protester in Trafalgar Square in central London. In the background, another poster, with Black Lives Matter, on June 5, 2020. (Credit: TOLGA AKMEN / AFP via Getty Images)
8 of 48 | In Trafalgar Square in central London on June 5 protesters protested to show solidarity with George Floyd. This man, in green gloves, knelt in central London square to join the protests, along with several other protesters. (Credit: TOLGA AKMEN / AFP via Getty Images)
9 of 48 | Protesters slept on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington to protest police brutality following the death of George Floyd on June 3. (Win McNamee / Getty Images).
10 of 48 | On June 3, President Donald Trump, days after the story was released that he had to be taken to a bunker under the White House to protect him from protesters in the District of Columbia. Trump crossed H Street to Saint John's Church and held a bible up high, shortly after police had forcibly removed peaceful protesters from Lafayette Park.
11 of 48 | A boy raises his fist during a demonstration on May 31 in Atlanta. Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images
12 of 48 | A group of protesters kneel in front of New York Police Department police before being arrested for violating the curfew on Wednesday, June 3. (AP Photo / John Minchillo)
13 of 48 | Police officer Krystal Smith points to her colleague Steven Pohorence after he pushed a kneeling protester in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Sunday, May 31, 2020.
14 of 48 | Protesters march during a rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on May 31. Eva Marie Uzcategui / AFP / Getty Images
15 of 48 | A New York City police officer kneels during a protest in Times Square on May 31 in New York. Bryan R. Smith / AFP / Getty Images
16 of 48 | An agent points a non-lethal weapon as protesters raise their hands during protests May 31 in Santa Monica, California. Mario Tama / Getty Images
17 of 48 | Firefighters extinguish a fire that destroyed a KMBC vehicle in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 31. Shelly Yang / The Kansas City Star / Tribune News Service / Getty Images
18 of 48 | Members of the California Army National Guard stand guard outside City Hall on May 31 in Los Angeles. Ringo HW Chiu / AP
19 of 48 | "By whatever means necessary." Shaynna Ford stands in front of police in Washington on Saturday, May 30. Jarrad Henderson / USA Today Network
20 of 48 | A protester wearing an Elmo mask dances as a fire burns in Philadelphia on May 30. Matt Rourke / AP
21 of 48 | Protesters link arms in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 30. Peter Zay / Anadolu / Getty Images
22 of 48 | Local Los Angeles Police Department burns at The Grove Mall during a protest in Los Angeles on May 30. Mark J. Terrill / AP
23 of 48 | People with signs and masks that say "I can't breathe" attend a protest in Chicago on Saturday. Nam Y. Huh / AP
24 of 48 | Protesters burn a flag in front of the CNN Center in Atlanta on Friday. Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images
25 of 48 | Protesters protest outside CNN headquarters in Atlanta on Friday. Mike Stewart / AP
26 of 48 | A protester carries a United States flag in front of a burning liquor store in Minneapolis on Thursday. (Photo: Julio Cortez / AP)
27 of 48 | "Derek Chauvin is a murderer," says a banner Thursday amid protests over the death of George Floyd. Chauvin is the cop with his knee around Floyd's neck. (Photo: Scott Olson / Getty Images)
28 of 48 | This Thursday continued protests against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Photo: Scott Olson / Getty Images)
29 of 48 | People push open a door to a Minneapolis police station, protesting Floyd's death. (Photo: KEREM YUCEL / AFP via Getty Images)
30 of 48 | Some protesters set fire to a liquor store in Minneapolis on Thursday. (Photo: Scott Olson / Getty Images)
31 of 48 | Protesters gathered Thursday in front of a Minneapolis police station. (Photo: KEREM YUCEL / AFP via Getty Images)
32 of 48 | A protester fills another's mouth with vodka in front of a burning liquor store in Minneapolis on Thursday. (Photo: KEREM YUCEL / AFP via Getty Images)
33 of 48 | Flames light up the facade of a Minneapolis police station, where protesters against Floyd's death protested barricades on May 28. (Photo: KEREM YUCEL / AFP via Getty Images)
34 of 48 | "Say his name: George Floyd," "Am I Still?" Say banners of protesters in Memphis, Tennessee, on May 27. (Photo: Joe Rondone / The Commercial Appeal / Imagn Content Services)
35 of 48 | Hundreds gathered Tuesday night at the same Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd was arrested.
36 of 48 | They then marched to a police compound to protest his death.
37 of 48 | Protesters chanted: "Without justice there will be no peace" and "I can't breathe."
38 of 48 | The incident recalls the 2014 death of Eric Garner, who spoke the words "I can't breathe," while a police officer locked his neck in New York.
39 of 48 | Since Garner's death, the phrase has become a rallying cry in the Black Lives Matter movement.
40 of 48 | Protesters march on Hiawatha Avenue while shouting slogans denouncing Floyd's death. Stephen Madden / Getty Images
41 of 48 | People gather and pray around a makeshift monument near the site where Floyd was brought into custody police the previous day. Elizabeth Flores / Star Tribune / AP
42 of 48 | People gather outside a police compound during the protests. Richard Tsong-Taatarii / Star Tribune / AP
43 of 48 | Police sprayed tear gas to disperse the crowd after some people turned rebels, a police spokesperson said.
44 of 48 | A police officer throws a tear gas canister at protesters during the protest. Carlos González / AP
45 of 48 | Several protesters had to pour milk after being exposed to percussion grenades and tear gas. Carlos González / AP
46 of 48 | An illustration of Floyd is taped to the window of an empty building near where he was detained by police officers. Evan Frost / Minnesota Public Radio / AP
47 of 48 | Shawanda Hill, center, Floyd's girlfriend, reacts close to the place where he died. Kerem Yucel / AFP / Getty Images
48 of 48 | Protesters crowded near where Floyd was arrested. Kerem Yucel / AFP / Getty ImagesHigh temperatures and social distancing
Temperatures in Houston on Monday are expected to reach 32 degrees Celsius.
To comply with social distancing rules, 15 guests will be allowed at a time inside The Fountain of Praise.
Guests will be allowed to stay indoors no more than 10 minutes after viewing the body. Guests must wear a mask and gloves, and casual attire is allowed.
- CNN's MJ Lee and Sarah Mucha contributed to this report.
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