Posted on 04/20/2021 10:09:02 AM PDT by rickmichaels
President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he is praying for the 'right verdict' in George Floyd trial and called the evidence 'overwhelming.'
'I'm praying the verdict is the right verdict. Which is – I think it's overwhelming in my view,' Biden told reporters in the Oval office. 'I wouldn’t say that unless the jury was sequestered now.'
Biden called Floyd's brother Philonise on Monday after the jury went behind closed doors for their deliberations deliberations on the charges of murder and manslaughter against Chauvin.
'I waited until the jury was sequestered and I called,' he said.
'I've come to know George's family,' Biden noted as he said he 'can only imagine the pressure and anxiety they're feeling.'
Biden has denounced Floyd's death but had stopped short of weighing in on the trial until now. His extraordinary comments come as the 12-member jury began its second day behind closed doors and the nation waits for their decision.
Philonise Floyd said Biden, who has buried a wife and two children, spoke to him about what it's like to lose a family member.
'He was just calling. He knows how it is to lose a family member. And he knows that the process of what we're going through so he was just letting us know that he was praying for us, and hoping that everything would come out to be okay,' Philonise told NBC's Today on Tuesday morning.
Floyd said he is 'optimistic' about the coming verdict in his brother's murder trial. 'Hopefully it will be the way the world wants to see it,' he noted. He also expressed his hope for peace when the trial ends.
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Yeah, that is why I try to contain myself in these situations. The media does its best to portray whatever happened in a certain way -- truth be damned. Also, the jury sees things that the average t.v. viewer doesn't. The real problem here is the media. I don't know how anyone gets a fair trial in this country anymore with the way the media reports these things, supplying their own spin and judgement on it.
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood.
Men of bloodshed hate the blameless,
The Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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