{"id":1383,"date":"2021-04-19T04:34:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T04:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2022-02-21T09:55:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T09:55:22","slug":"fact-check-this-is-not-us-prez-kneeling-before-george-floyds-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/fact-check-this-is-not-us-prez-kneeling-before-george-floyds-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Did US President Joe Biden kneel before George Floyd\u2019s son? Find out the Truth!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nearly a year after the brutal killing of Gorge Floyd<\/a>, an image of US President Joe Biden kneeling in front of a boy claimed to be late Floyd\u2019s son is being shared widely on social media in Sri Lanka. The posts also mentioned about US government awarding Floyd\u2019s family USD 27 million for his untimely death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, our Fact Crescendo team\u2019s investigation revealed that while the city of Minneapolis had agreed to pay $27 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit<\/a> brought by Floyd’s family, the image is unrelated and the image was taken back in September 2020. The image was shows then presidential candidate Joe Biden talking to an apparel shop owner\u2019s son in Detroit, Michigan after an election campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Facebook User called Da Mayor of Lampese<\/a> shared an image of US president kneeling before a young boy with the following caption on 16th<\/sup> of April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c#Justice_For_Floyd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Are Sorry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US Government awards George Floyd’s family $27 million for his untimely death, caused by the police officers, an incident that caused worldwide demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Biden had practically knelt down in front of George Floyd’s son to ask for forgiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leadership that listens \ud83d\udc4f\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facebook Link<\/a> | Archived Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many Facebook accounts and pages in a number of countries shared this image with similar narration.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First, we decided to run a Google Reverse Image search on the image shared with the claim and found an Instagram post that was posted by US President Joe Biden on September 2020, during his election campaign, with the following caption: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018\u2019Our children are a constant reminder of why I\u2019m in this fight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need to build an economy that gives them and their families a fair shot.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need to root out systemic racism so they grow up in a more just nation than we have now.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need to combat climate change so there\u2019s a world left for them to thrive in.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe in a better future for our children and will fight for them until the very end,\u2019\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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