Biden praises Derek Chauvin murder conviction, blames US for ‘systemic racism’ President Biden on Tuesday praised the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd, but also accused the United States of deep-seated “systemic racism” as he said the guilty verdict was “too rare.” “It was a murder in the full light of day, and ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism the vice president just referred to. The systemic racism is a stain on our nation’s soul,” Biden said in an evening speech broadcast from the White House. “The...