George Floyd family and civil rights leaders rally ahead of opening statements in Derek Chauvin trial

National civil rights leaders appeared alongside several family members of George Floyd at a prayer service Sunday night, hours before opening statements were set to begin in the murder trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged in his death.

Several dozen attendees congregated in the benches at Greater Friendship Missionary Church, where preachers led worship, a choir sang and members of George Floyd's family were joined by the Reverend Al Sharpton and Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney who also represents the Floyd family.