Joe Biden participated in jury deliberations at the monumental trial of Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday, suggesting evidence against the man accused of murdering George Floyd was “overwhelming.” Hours after Judge Peter Cahill suggested Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) could have put a guilty verdict in jeopardy on expulsion on appeal when she suggested protesters might have to be “more confrontational.” “If the police were authorized, the president would join the fight. Speaking to reporters at the Oval office, Biden said he had “met George’s family” and spoken to them as they and the world waited to find out what would come of the man accused of the murder that sparked the protest. largest movement in American history.
Noting that he had waited until the jurors had been kidnapped, to avoid the appearance of unduly influencing them as a high-profile public figure, Biden made it clear where he stood without explicitly asking for a guilty verdict. “I’m praying that the verdict is the right verdict,” he said, “which is … in my opinion it’s overwhelming.” Chauvin, who was fired shortly after squeezing the knee in the neck of Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, for more than nine minutes in Minneapolis last May, is charged with second-degree homicide, third-degree murder and homicide. . . The final arguments ended on Monday and the jury resumed deliberations on Tuesday morning.