MINNEAPOLIS - The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd on Monday called recent comments by U.S.
Rep. Maxine Waters "abhorrent," saying they could lead to a verdict being appealed and overturned.Waters, a California Democrat, had joined protesters on Saturday outside the police department of a Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot a Black motorist earlier this month.
Waters, who is Black, told the crowd she wanted to see a murder conviction against Derek Chauvin for Floyd’s death.When asked what should happen if Chauvin isn’t convicted on murder charges, she replied, "We gotta stay on the street, we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational,.