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Biden hails ‘extraordinary courage’ of George Floyd family
WASHINGTON, May 26, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – President Joe Biden praised the bravery of George Floyd’s family on Tuesday, a year to the day since the African American man was killed by a police officer during an arrest, sparking nationwide protests.
“The Floyd family has shown extraordinary courage, especially his young daughter Gianna, who I met again today,” Biden said in a statement after talking with several members of the Floyd family in the White House.
“His murder launched a summer of protest we hadn’t seen since the Civil Rights era in the ’60s — protests that peacefully unified people of every race and generation to collectively say enough of the senseless killings,” Biden said.
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