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Memorial service to be held for Floyd, officers in court

The remains of George Floyd being transported to a memorial service in Minneapolis. [AFP]

US civil rights activist Al Sharpton was to lead a memorial service on Thursday for George Floyd, the African-American man whose harrowing videotaped death while being arrested has unleashed sweeping nationwide protests for racial justice.

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