Joe Biden reveals he spoke with George Floyd's family

Former Vice President Joe Biden revealed he spoke to the family of George Floyd, who died in police custody earlier this week.

In a new address to supporters, Biden called for healing and better leadership in the country and called the Floyd family "close, decent, and honorable" in his exchange with them.

"Once again, we had the words, heard the words, and they heard the words 'I can't breathe,'" Biden said. "An act of brutality so elemental, it did more than deny one more black man in America his civil rights and his human rights. It denied his very humanity. It denied him of his life."

Floyd, a black man, died Monday after a white police officer knelt on him to restrain him to the point where he became unconscious and later died. In a viral video showing the incident, Floyd can be heard pleading with the officer that he can't breathe.

The officer, identified as Derek Chauvin, along with three others involved with Floyd's detainment, were fired Tuesday. Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter on Friday. The other three officers involved have yet to be charged.

Biden also hit back at President Trump, who threatened to send in the National Guard to control the volatile situation in Minneapolis.

"This is no time for incendiary tweets," Biden said. "It's no time to encourage violence. This is a real crisis, and we need real leadership right now. Leadership that will bring everyone to the table so we can take measures to root out systemic racism."

Trump's tweets blamed local leadership for the chaos and was met with an alert from Twitter, saying it potentially incited violence.

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"I can’t stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis," Trump said. "A total lack of leadership. Either the very weak Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey, get his act together and bring the City under control, or I will send in the National Guard & get the job done right. These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way,” Trump tweeted. “Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!”

Trump later said his tweet was taken out of context and meant to condemn violence.