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A friend of George Floyd who was in his car when he was killed in a confrontation with police says Floyd did not resist arrest, but the Minnesota attorney general warns that winning convictions against the officers will be difficult.

Ten days after Floyd’s death, the nation is still reeling from the blatant injustice the viral video of the confrontation appears to show. The first of three memorial services for Floyd is scheduled for this afternoon in Minneapolis.

“He was, from the beginning, trying in his humblest form to show he was not resisting in no form or way,” Maurice Lester Hall told The New York Times.

Protests across the U.S. remained large but were more subdued Wednesday night ahead of the first of multiple memorial services for Floyd, who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck while he was handcuffed. President Donald Trump’s handling of the protests came under fire once again: his former Defense Secretary James Mattis denounced Trump as a threat to American democracy. 

A closer look at some recent developments:

• Drew Brees, asked about players kneeling during anthem, says he will “never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag.” He later apologized but USA TODAY’s Mike Jones writes that the Saints quarterback blew it.
• In Virginia, the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee and other Confederate monuments on Richmond’s prominent Monument Avenue will be removed.
• Two Florida workers were fired Tuesday for making “hateful, racist” comments about Floyd demonstrators demanding better policing as part of nationwide protests.