<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>US President Joe Biden on Thursday called for calm after five police officers were charged in the beating death of a Black man following a traffic stop and said he backed "peaceful protest."</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"As Americans grieve, the Department of Justice conducts its investigation, and state authorities continue their work, I join Tyre's family in calling for peaceful protest," Biden said, referring to the slain man, Tyre Nichols.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Outrage is understandable, but violence is never acceptable." AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>