'We are a nation in pain, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us,' the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said.
"As president, I will help lead this conversation – and more importantly, I will listen. I will keep the commitment I made to George's brother, Philonise, that George will not just be a hashtag," he said.
"We must and will get to a place where everyone, regardless of race, believes that 'to protect and serve' means to protect and serve them. Only by standing together will we rise stronger than before."died last Monday after he was detained by police in Minneapolisfor allegedly attempting to use a counterfeit bill. A video of the arrest quickly went viral online, showing a white officer, Derek Chauvin, with his knee on Floyd's neck, pinning him down, as Floyd yells,"I can not breathe," repeatedly. Despite Floyd's pleas and concern expressed by onlookers, the officer did not remove his knee from the man's neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Politicians, including Republicans and Democrats, as well as police officers and departments across the country were quick to condemn the violence. Four Minneapolis police officers involved in the incident were fired and Chauvin has been charged with murder., as Black Lives Matters activists and their supporters continue to call for systemic change in how police departments across the country operate. Alongside the demonstrations, many businesses have been looted and police buildings and vehicles have been set on fire. Multiple major cities across the country have set curfews as the national guard has been deployed to assist local police.that white supremacists were behind some of the looting in his city. "We are now confronting white supremacists, members of organized crime, out-of-state instigators, and possibly even foreign actors to destroy and destabilize our city and our region," Frey tweeted. In this screengrab from Joebiden.com , Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a Coronavirus Virtual Town Hall from his home on April 8, in Wilmington, DelawareWhile President Donald Trump, like Biden, has expressed his condolences for the family of Floyd and called for justice to be served, he has also drawn outrage after he appeared to suggest that demonstrators should be shot. "When the looting starts, the shooting starts," the president tweeted on Friday morning. Many quickly noted that the phrase comes from the Civil Rights era and was used by a white police chief to encourage violently cracking down on protests. Twitter took the extraordinary step of placing a warning on Trump's tweet and blocking it from being retweeted, noting that it violated the platform's policy against"glorifying violence." Trump later attempted to walk back the comment, saying that he did not know the racist history of the phrase. He also said that he was trying to warn looters that they were risking their lives, not threatening to shoot them."We support the right of peaceful protestors, and we hear their pleas. But what we are now seeing on the streets of our cities has nothing to do with justice or peace," he said.
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