Whatever happened to Staten Island’s united political front? | From the editor Today 6:00 AM Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)AP Facebook Share Hi Neighbor, It was pretty obvious where the president stood on the George Floyd case long before the jury reached a verdict. If you know Democrat Joe Biden’s politics, you know he thought the Minneapolis cop who kneeled on the neck of a Black man for nine minutes and 29 seconds was guilty. Just as every thinking American did, too. Defense arguments like exhaust fumes from the cop’s car played a role be damned.