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Derek Chauvin Verdict: Biden Blames US For ‘Systemic Racism’

Derek Chauvin Verdict: Biden Blames US For ‘Systemic Racis

President Biden addressing citizens at the White House on Thursday, April 8, 2021, Photo Source: Twitter (@WhiteHouse)

President Joe Biden while applauding the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd blamed the United States for 'systematic racism'

Recall Derek Chauvin was on Tuesday, April 20, found guilty of the death of George Floyd by a jury.

According to reports, the jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.

The jury's decision was made after a day of deliberations, with Judge Peter Cahill reading the verdict at the well-fortified Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis where the trial began last month.

The verdict brought a cheer from the crowd of peaceful protesters gathered outside and Chauvin showed little reaction as Judge Cahill announced that his bail had been revoked. He was led away in handcuffs.

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Reacting to the verdict during an evening speech at the White House, Biden said, “It was a murder in the full light of day. And it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism the vice president just referred to,” 

“The systemic racism that’s a stain on our nation’s soul — the knee on the neck of justice for black Americans — profound fear and trauma, the pain, the exhaustion that black and brown Americans experience every single day.”

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Furthermore, Biden called on Congress to pass a Democratic police reform bill named after Floyd, who died in May 2020 after Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. The bill would ban chokeholds and do away with “qualified immunity” for law enforcement, among other reforms.

Biden said “this can be a moment of significant change” and “we also need Congress to act. George Floyd was murdered almost a year ago. There’s meaningful police reform legislation in his name.”

“Nothing can ever bring their brother, their father back. But this can be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in America,” Biden said.

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“Let’s also be clear that such a verdict is also much too rare. For so many people, it seems like it took a unique and extraordinary convergence of factors. A brave young woman with a smartphone camera, a crowd that was traumatized… a murder that lasted almost 10 minutes in broad daylight for ultimately the whole world to see.”

The comments came a day after his Attorney General Merrick Garland said racism is an “American problem” and that he does not believe America has equal justice under the law.

“Look, racism is an American problem,” Garland told ABC News. “It’s plain to me that there has been and remains discrimination against African Americans and other communities of color, and other ethnic minorities. I think it’s reflected in discrimination in housing and employment and the justice system. We do not yet have equal justice under law.”

 

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