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Biden speaks of racial 'open wound,' contrasting with Trump

by Associated Press
| May 29, 2020 3:06 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden lamented the “open wound” of the nation's systemic racism on Friday as he responded to the police killing of a black man in Minnesota. He drew an implicit contrast with President Donald Trump, who has suggested authorities could respond with violence to the protests that followed George Floyd’s death.

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