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Joe Biden prays for a "correct verdict" in the 'Floyd case', which he describes as "overwhelming"

2021-04-20T19:41:48.260Z


The jury, isolated from outside pressure, faces a second day of deliberations on the charges against former police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of the African American


The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has affirmed this Tuesday that he "prays" that the jury reaches a "correct verdict" in the case of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of African American George Floyd on May 25 in the middle of a violent arrest in Minneapolis.

Biden has described the case as "overwhelming", statements that, although they do not explicitly state in which direction the ruling should go, clearly reflect the president's position in a criminal process that will mark the history of the country.

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"I pray that the verdict is the correct verdict, which is ... In my opinion, it is overwhelming," the president responded from the White House to questions from journalists, a day after the prosecution and defense finished their final arguments, as the jury faces its second day of isolated deliberations in a hotel whose location is unknown. The president clarified that if he transmitted this message, it is precisely because the 12 citizens who must decide on this momentous trial are locked up and, supposedly, shielded from outside pressure, which the US judicial jargon qualifies as "kidnapped."

Biden, who visited Floyd's family before the funeral in Houston last summer, also called his relatives Monday to offer his prayers. He cannot imagine, he said Tuesday, the tension and anxiety they feel these days, with the entire country pending what happens in the Minneapolis court where the case has been tried.

The jury, made up of seven women and five men of different races, began its deliberation on Monday afternoon in a four-hour session. This Tuesday, at eight in the morning, they met again. During this process, which can end this Tuesday or take several days, they can request to hear or read some testimony again, review some evidence and raise any technical questions with the judge. Chauvin, who is 45 years old and was fired after the incident, is charged with reckless murder in the second degree, murder in the second degree and murder in the third degree.

The pressure for an exemplary conviction, in a country with a long history of police brutality against blacks, is palpable on the street.

A veteran Democratic congresswoman, Maxine Waters, an African American, went so far as to say that if the police officer is acquitted he should respond "with more confrontation."

The judge in the case, Peter Cahill, upset with the environmental tension, has asked politicians "to stop talking about the case, especially in a way that does not respect the rule of law."

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