Republicans condemned Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., for telling protesters in Minnesota to “get more confrontational” if Derek Chauvin isn’t convicted of murdering George Floyd.
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota has become a flashpoint for protests after the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright. Waters was there on Saturday night.
Asked about the Chauvin murder trial in nearby Minneapolis, Waters told reporters if the former police officer isn’t found guilty of murdering Floyd, “We’ve got to stay on the street and we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational. We’ve got to make sure that they know that we mean business.”
Waters said she was “hopeful” Chauvin would be convicted of murder, but if he isn’t, “we cannot go away.”
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