US: New York City Mayor booed by crowd at Floyd memorial

Hundreds of people attended a memorial in Brooklyn for George Floyd, including Floyd's brother, Terrence Floyd and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.

As Mayor de Blasio prepared to address the crowd he was booed by the audience who turned their backs on him.

Floyd, who was black, died May 25 in Minneapolis after a white police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck while Floyd was handcuffed for several minutes even after Floyd stopped moving and pleading for air.

Since then, Floyd's name has been chanted by hundreds of thousands of people and empowered a movement.

Violent encounters between police, protesters, and observers have inflamed a country already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.

"We don't fully recognise the daily pain that the racism in this society causes. We need to do more," Mayor de Blasio said.