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Biden praised the jury’s decision in finding Derek Chauvin guilty of all charges and says this is just the beginning, according to The Blaze.
“I think of Gianna’s comment ‘my daddy’s going to change the world’—he’s going to start to change it now,” President Biden tells Floyd’s family.
“We’re going to get a lot more done,” He said on police reform. “This can be a first shot at dealing with genuine systemic racism.” https://t.co/ouVpzsLVvd
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“Nothing is gonna make it all better, but at least…now there’s some justice.”
Gianna is George Floyd’s daughter.
“I think of Gianna’s comment, ‘My daddy’s gonna change the world,” Biden remarked.
“He’s gonna start to change it now.”
“This can give us a shot at dealing with genuine systemic racism.”
“There’s systemic racism that’s a stain on our nation’s soul.”
“The knee on the neck of justice for black Americans, the found fear and trauma, the pain, the exhaustion that black and brown Americans experience every single day.”
“The murder of George Floyd launched a summer of protests we hadn’t seen since the Civil Rights Era in the 60s, protests that unified people of every race and generation in peace and with purpose, to say enough, enough, enough of the senseless killings.”
“Today, today’s verdict is a step forward.”
From The Blaze:
Floyd family attorney Ben Crump took a call from Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris after the verdict was announced, and the lawyer put the phone on speaker for the family gathered around.
Crump told the president he hopes “this is the momentum needed” to pass Democrats’ proposed George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Biden replied, “You got it, pal. That, and a lot more. Not just that — a lot more.”
— Advertisement — Biden went on to plug the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, and concluding his speech before saying, “We have a chance to change the trajectory in this country.”
