Houston's top cop wants to provide police escort for Floyd's body
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo wants his department to provide a police escort for George Floyd when his body is returned to his home city to show their support for his family, he told CNN's Don Lemon on Sunday.
Acevedo said he wants to make sure the family is safe and feel supported by his department.
"It's going to be a big deal for our city to bring him back home," Acevedo said. "He's well known, he's known by a lot of our officers."
"We want to make sure that the family is safe, that the movement is safe," Acevedo said. "We want to make sure that the family knows that we're here for them and we support them at this time."
"I think this is a watershed moment," Acevedo said of the mass protests that have popped up throughout the nation in the wake of Floyd's death. He said that now police unions are speaking out and he hopes it's a sign of "meaningful reform" on how officers who use deadly force are dealt with.