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Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2021

Did President Joe Biden beg for the forgiveness of George Floyd’s son by kneeling in front of him?

Christiana Dillard, Lead Stories
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Joe Biden, while campaigning in Michigan, kneeled in front of a child who is not George Floyd's son — or daughter, as social media posts have variously claimed Biden was making a kneeling apology to one of Floyd's children of each sex.

In fact, the encounter occurred in September 2020, during one of Biden's campaign stops in Detroit.

Getty Images describes the encounter in a caption: "Wearing a face mask to reduce the risk posed by the coronavirus, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden kneels to chat with C.J. Brown while shopping at Three Thirteen, an apparel store on the city's Avenue of Fashion, September 09, 2020, in Detroit, Michigan."

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