During his first joint address to Congress, he urged lawmakers to pass police reform by May 25. And when Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, was found guilty of murder, Biden told Floyd’s family, “We’re going to get a lot more done. We’re going to stay at it until we get it done . This is going to be the first shot at dealing with genuine systemic racism.”

Source: Washington Post May 24, 2021 23:17 UTC