Posted on 04/24/2021 8:08:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Rep. Maxine Waters says those criticizing her recent rhetoric about former police officer Derek Chauvin would leave her without conduits to express her dissent when "police keep killing us."
Waters said her critics get "mad" when her followers kneel, speak up, or protest, leaving activists with little recourse.
"What is it that they expect us to do when police keep killing us?" she tweeted Saturday night.
The California Democrat attracted controversy when she demanded Chauvin be found “guilty, guilty, guilty" in the killing of Floyd following an arrest in Minneapolis last May.
“We’re looking for a guilty verdict,” she told a crowd of protesters last Saturday. “And we’re looking to see if all of the talk that took place and has been taking place after they saw what happened to George Floyd, if nothing does not happen, then we know that we’ve got to not only stay in the street, but we’ve got to fight for justice.”
Her remarks drew condemnation from Judge Peter Cahill, who presided over Chauvin's Minneapolis trial. Cahill said Waters's comments over the weekend demanding a guilty verdict for Chauvin could result in the trial being overturned.
"I'll give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned," Cahill said in response to comments by a defense attorney.
Waters dismissed Cahill's concerns.
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“What does she mean “us”. She’s still walking around dividing the country.”
“Us” for Maxine isn’t the community she represents in Congress.. She chooses not to live in that community. So if we had real journalists one might question her on the meaning of “us”.
Maxine is a politician. How many politicians are being killed by police each year?
Maxine has a home in a neighborhood in California. How many of her immediate neighbors are killed by the police each year?
How many people in Maxine’s immediate family have been killed by police in her lifetime?
How many people does Maxine know personally who have been killed by the police who were unarmed and not involved in criminal activity at the moment of the killing?
So who does Maxine consider to be “us” and if those people are not family, neighbors, coworkers, or other people she knows personally, can they really be “us” to Maxine?
The reality is Maxine and the people she directly associates with have a greater chance of dying in a meteor strike than being shot down in cold blood by a police officer.
Despicable sub human, the only color she sees is green
Too bad Maxine wasn’t sent to defuse the situation when the 16 year old Ghettopottamus stabbed the other girl.
She’s a pro felon team leader and gives them code words BLAME IT ON THE COP.
It’s tough being black in a democrat-controlled city.
If searched the entire interweb and haven't been able to find MLK's speech on how to properly burn down your own neighborhood.
“Killing us”, with US meaning her fellow criminals?
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