Joe Biden says the "open wound" of systemic racism is behind the police killing of a handcuffed black man in Minnesota.
Biden also accused President Donald Trump, without mentioning him by name, of inciting violence with a tweet that warned that protesters could be shot.
"We are a country with an open wound. None of us can turn away," Biden said in a brief address.
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