Washington 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,” Mr. 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,” Mr. Biden said.