Biden calls charges against policemen shootings

Special Desk

IN a major development, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has called for charges against policemen who shot two black Americans, Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor.

Biden, who has a lead over President Donald Trump, a Republican, in opinion polls ahead of election slated November, did not specify what counts should be brought in the cases. Speaking in Delaware, the Democrat said about the charges.

During a news conference in his hometown of Wilmington on Wednesday, Biden was asked whether he agreed with his running mate, Kamala Harris, that the officers in the Blake and Taylor cases should be charged. He replied, “I think we should let the judicial system work.” “I do think they need to be charged.”

Blake, 29, was shot seven times in the back and paralysed during an arrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on 23 August. No action has so far been taken against the officer involved. Taylor, 26, was fatally shot in her home during a drug raid in Louisville, Kentucky, in March.

One of the officers is losing his job, while two others have been placed on administrative leave as the investigation into their actions proceeds.

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Biden also mentioned the gunman, identified in US media as a far-left activist, who fatally shot a Trump supporter on the streets of Portland, Oregon, last weekend.

The Democratic nominee stopped short of calling for charges in that case, but said: “They should be investigated and it should follow through on what needs to be done.