“THE EVIDENCE is overwhelming”. Joe Biden commented on the wait for the verdict of the Floyd trial, to which America looks with great interest. On the sidelines of a meeting, the President said to “pray for the verdict to be a fair verdict”, and explained how the Floyd family asks for “peace and quiet, whatever the verdict is”.
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Joe Biden said this while answering questions from reporters, confirming that he called the family. “I waited for the jury to be withdrawn to chambers and called,” the president said. “They are good people, I got to know George’s family, and his brothers,” he added.
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by our correspondent Anna Lombardi
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is awaiting trial for the murder of African American George Floyd. Biden spoke about the case during a meeting in the Oval Office with lawmakers of Latin origin. “I wouldn’t say that if the jurors weren’t in solitary confinement,” Biden added, saying he prayed “for a just sentence.” Until now, the head of the White House had always avoided ruling on a possible outcome of the trial to avoid influencing the jury, which is today on the second day of a meeting in a hotel where they will not be able to read or hear comments and news regarding the trial in progress. .
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Yesterday, shortly after the jurors’ discussions began, Biden had a telephone conversation with members of Floyd’s family. “I can only imagine the pressure and anxiety they feel,” the president later commented. “They are a good family, they appeal to peace and quiet whatever the verdict”.
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Philonise, George’s brother, also told the call in an interview with the broadcaster Nbc. “Biden – he said – knows what it means to lose a family member. And he knows the process we are going through. He just wanted us to know that he prays for us and that he hopes that everything will go well”.
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The murder of George Floyd caused a wave of protests against the police force in May last year which, animated by the Black Lives Matter movement, swept the entire country and led to riots and clashes in several US cities. Floyd, 46, was arrested after being accused by a shop assistant of trying to pay with a fake $ 20 bill. Derek Chauvin, one of the four agents who arrived on the scene, was caught by the videos of passers-by as he pressed his knee to the African American’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds.
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