CHINA / SOCIETY Jumping on result to gain plaudits shows American politicians’ powerlessness By GT staff reporters Published: Apr 21, 2021 10:57 PM Philonese Floyd, brother of George Floyd, speaks to the press in Minneapolis, the US. Photo: VCG The jury's guilty verdict on a former police officer responsible for killing George Floyd induced cheers and tears among many Americans, and was hailed by some US politicians, including President Joe Biden, who called it "a step forward" while Western media called it "watershed moment." Does the verdict of this case really herald a change in the US deep-seated racial crisis? Chinese analysts said the guilty verdict, although eased anger and anxiety from the George Floyd case for months, failed to touch the very root of US racial problems.