The Justice Department has reportedly sent officials from its community relations service to act as peacemakers and facilitate listening sessions amid the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.
The verdict is expected to be read on Tuesday afternoon.
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An unnamed senior Justice official told the Associated Press that officials from the Community Relations Service had been sent to Minneapolis.
The officials call themselves ‘America’s Peacemaker’ by mediating disputes in communities and holding listening sessions to prevent future conflict.
Derek Chauvin speaks during the trial, calling up the fifth amendment, will not testify. (Court TV)
(Court TV)
A federal civil rights investigation, separate from the trial, continues. Several witnesses were summoned earlier this year to appear before a federal jury considering charges against Chauvin.
The Justice Department’s civil investigation focused on Chauvin and some of the witnesses, including other officers who worked with Chauvin, people familiar with the case told AP.
Philonise Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, said on Tuesday that President Biden had called him to offer support as closing arguments ended and the jury began in the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former police officer.
“He knows what it’s like to lose a family member, and he knows the process we’re going through,” Philonise Floyd said of Biden during an appearance on the NBC program “Today.” “He just let us know that he was praying for us and hoping that everything would work out.”
While Philonise Floyd said he wanted protesters to remain ‘peaceful’, he said he could not stop people from expressing their pain – especially after the recent fatal police shooting on 20-year-old Daunte Wright, just ten miles from Floyd’s meeting with Chauvin last May.
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“It was an emotional film that everyone around the world watched. We just want everyone to be peaceful, but at the same time I can not stop people from doing the things they do because their pain is hurt,” he said. he said. “Daunte Wright has just been killed 10 miles from where we were in the courtroom. We just want everyone to get it together and understand that we can live in unity with each other. And we stand in solidarity with everyone in America. “
Fox News’ inquiries to the Community Relations Service were not returned at the time of publication.
Associated Press and Danielle Wallace of Fox News contributed to this report.