Civil rights leader Al Sharpton lead a prayer today alongside George Floyd's family and their attorneys, thanking God as well as prosecutors and the jury for delivering justice "in the midnight hours."
Before offering the prayer of gratitude, Sharpton lead those present at the news conference in an answer and repeat call which has been common at Black Lives Matter protests across the nation, chanting, "say his name, George Floyd."
"Dear God, we thank you for giving us the strength to stand together," prayed Sharpton. "...Somehow you touch us in the midnight hours and teach us to hold on, and that if we would be faithful over a few things, you'd give us the victory over many."
"We thank you because we know it was not any doing of ours, but your loving kindness and your tender mercy that made tonight possible," he prayed.
Sharpton went to also thank all those who fought tirelessly to bring about the guilty verdict.
"Bless those that worked, that made this prosecution something they couldn't deny," he said. "Bless those policemen that got on the stand and testified against another policeman."
"Bless the jury that listened to the evidence and didn't listen to those that may criticize them for doing this," he said. "Bless the prosecutor, Keith Ellison, and his staff that did their job, even though they didn't know what the outcome would be."
Watch the moment: