{"id":461199,"date":"2021-04-28T22:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T02:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=461199"},"modified":"2021-04-28T22:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T02:50:51","slug":"biden-calls-on-congress-to-deliver-police-reform-by-anniversary-of-george-floyds-death-a-giant-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-on-congress-to-deliver-police-reform-by-anniversary-of-george-floyds-death-a-giant-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Calls On Congress To Deliver Police Reform By Anniversary Of George Floyd\u2019s Death: \u2018A Giant Opportunity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-calls-on-congress-to-deliver-police-reform-by-anniversary-of-george-floyds-death-a-giant-opportunity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=461199&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4010.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">President Joe Biden delivered his first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?511121-1\/president-biden-addresses-joint-session-congress&#038;vod\"><span class=\"s1\">address<\/span><\/a> to Congress on Wednesday night in order to discuss the first 100 days of his presidency and set forth several new policy initiatives. He also took the chance to discuss police reform and the recently tried George Floyd case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In his speech, Biden discussed a conversation he had with George Floyd\u2019s daughter last year after Floyd died while in police custody, as seen around the world in a viral video. Biden said, \u201cShe looked at me and she said, \u2018My daddy changed the world.\u2019 Well, after the conviction of George Floyd\u2019s murderer, we can see how right she was if \u2014 if \u2014 we have\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">the courage to act in the Congress<\/span>. We have all seen the knee of injustice on the neck of black Americans. Now is our opportunity to make some real progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Discussing members of law enforcement, Biden said, \u201cThe vast majority of men and women wearing the uniform and a badge serve our communities and they serve them honorably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI know them. I know they want to help meet this moment, as well. My fellow Americans, we have to come together to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the people they serve. <span class=\"s2\">To root out systemic racism in our criminal justice system and enact police reform in George Floyd\u2019s name<\/span>\u00a0that passed the House already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Biden continued, \u201cI know Republicans have their own ideas and are engaged in a very productive discussions with Democrats in the Senate. We need to work together to find a consensus, but let\u2019s get it done next month by the first anniversary of George Floyd\u2019s death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe country supports this reform and Congress should act. Should act. We have a giant opportunity to bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice. Real justice. And with the plans outlined tonight, we have a real chance to root out systemic racism that plagues America and American lives in other ways,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last week, a jury <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-jury-finds-derek-chauvin-guilty\"><span class=\"s1\">found<\/span><\/a> former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in relation to the death of George Floyd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On May 25, 2020, Chauvin and three other officers arrested and detained Floyd after he allegedly gave counterfeit money at a convenience store. Following a struggle to get Floyd into the back of a police cruiser, viral video shows that\u00a0Chauvin kneeled on Floyd\u2019s neck and back for nearly nine minutes to detain Floyd while awaiting paramedics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-joe-biden-on-chauvin-trial-im-praying-for-the-right-verdict-evidence-is-overwhelming'\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> by The Daily Wire, Biden called the Floyd family once the jury was sequestered before the verdict was announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI can only imagine the pressure and anxiety they are feeling, and so I waited until the jury is sequestered and I called,\u201d Biden said, speaking about a phone call he shared with Floyd\u2019s family Monday. \u201cI wasn\u2019t going to say anything about it \u2026 it was a private conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThey\u2019re a good family and they are calling for peace and tranquility no matter what that verdict is. I\u2019m praying the verdict is the right verdict, which is, I think it\u2019s overwhelming, in my view. I wouldn\u2019t say that unless the jury is sequestered,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden delivered his first address to Congress on Wednesday night in order to discuss the first 100 days of his presidency and set forth several new policy initiatives. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276969,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4010.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Calls On Congress To Deliver Police Reform By Anniversary Of George Floyd\u2019s Death: \u2018A Giant Opportunity\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4010.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Calls On Congress To Deliver Police Reform By Anniversary Of George Floyd\u2019s Death: \u2018A Giant Opportunity\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}