US President Joe Biden talked with the family of George Floyd after the verdict of the former police officer Derek Shavin, who was convicted of the murder of an African American. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the White House.
Biden, together with Vice President Kamala Harris, held a conversation with the brother of the deceased. Also, the head of state talked with the Governor of Minnesota Tim Walts. It is noted that soon Biden and Harris will speak with the appeal in connection with the case of George Floyd.
Previously, the jury in the Court of Minneapolis recognized the former police officer Shovina guilty of the murder of George Floyd. Shotin is found guilty of all three points of murder. Ex-policeman threatens to 40 years in prison. It is expected that the sentence will be announced after eight weeks.
46-year-old African American George Floyd was arrested on May 25, 2020 near the grocery store in Minneapolis. It is argued that he allegedly paid a fake check. Law enforcement officers dragged him out of the car and laid on asphalt. Sovovin rudely pressed Floyd knee, and he, without resisting, began to complain about the fact that he had nothing to breathe. Soon the arrested died. Four policemen after what happened was fired. On April 9, 2021, during the court proceedings, the pulmonologist Martin Tobin confirmed that death was caused by the actions of Sovina.
The police have become the cause of mass pogroms in the United States in the summer of 2020. The protesters accused the death of Floyd police officers, and also declared an unfair attitude to black in the country.