Are you cautious . Who is with you . Whats the mood . Where are you . And he said philonise and i are in the courthouse. He said the family has faith that Derek Chauvin will be found criminally liable for killing george floyd, and, again, thats from ben crump, the family attorney, and as has been reported earlier, philonise george, the brother of george floyd will be in the courtroom when the verdict is ruled and hes there now with the family attorney and the family attorney, i would imagine together, and they are cautiously optimistic considering the time that it took the jury to deliberate, wolf, and come up with a verdict that its going to be at least in their favor, not exactly sure how they are going to rule on all the charges but there you go, thats the latest from the family and the attorney, wolf blitzer. Well be checking back with them all the time. Sara sidner, just managed to reconnect with you. First of all, tell us where you are and tell us what youre seeing. Reporter all
About the nation. America has a long history of systemic racism. Black americans and black men in particular have been treated throughout the course of our history as less than human. We cant stop here. We can and we must do more to reduce the likelihood of tragedies like this will ever occur again and this takes acknowledging and confronting head on systemic racism and the Racial Disparities that have existed in policing and our criminal Justice System more broadly. Thats the big lie, systemic racism. Did joe biden always believed the nation was racist to its core . Did he believe this when barack obama and he were elected not once but twice in a historic election . Did that do nothing to remove this stain on our nation . What about the 1965 Civil Rights Act . Does joe biden really believe he presides over a country where Law Enforcement is essentially a racist killing machine . Who knows . Even if hes not the one making the calls on this he is mouthing the words . But do not think fo
Be. As obvious as that video was, if it wasnt for the governor appointing a special prosecutor, this day may never have come. So tonight, there is a collective sigh of relief, especially from the floyd family. They are vowing to keep up their fight against systemic racial inequality. I feel relieved today that i finally have the opportunity for hopefully getting some sleep. Its been a long journey as my brother was murdered. Times are getting harder every day. Ten miles away from here, mr. Wright, daunte wright, he should still be here. We will have to do this for life. Im going to put up a fight every day because im not just fighting for george anymore, im fighting for everybody around this world. Today we are able to breathe its a big enough occasion that President Biden addressed the nation after the verdict. He says we can and we must do more. Systemic racism is a stain on our nations soul. We cant stop here. In order to deliver real change in reform, we can and we must do more to
Court. It is a moment that the nation and many throughout the world have been waiting for. Chauvin is facing seconddegree unintentional murder, thirddegree murder and seconddegree manslaughter charges, the most serious charges is seconddegree unintentional murder and that carries a maxim sentence of 40 years in misson. Lets go straight to cnns sara sidner hive outside the courthouse in minnesota. Sara, you just spoke with George Floyds brother. I cant imagine what they are feeling right now, but give us an idea. They are nervous, i imagine. You know, its really interesting, jake, because the floyd family, particularly philonise and his brother terrance, they are really calm dudes, like they really have a sense of calm, and i asked them how that is possible in a time like this when everyone else including myself is on tinder hooks and they said we just have faith and believe justice will be served. I called Philonise Floyd just as i heard that the verdict had been reached. He had not he
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