'We got to act': Minnesota ex-felon finds purpose at George Floyd memorial

Alfonzo Williams directs the crowd as local clergy members arrive at George Floyd's memorial in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan O'Brien

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Alfonzo Williams waved his massive forearms and urged onlookers to clear the way for the procession of clergy members marching toward the site in his Minneapolis neighborhood where a white police officer knelt on George Floyd's neck until he died.

Williams ushered local faith leaders to a spot where they preached and prayed with hundreds of grievers. Just feet away, Floyd, a black man, had spent the last nine minutes of his life face down on the pavement with the officer's knee jammed into his neck.