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Facebook is reportedly planning to censor posts that may contain misinformation or “hate speech” related to the trial of Derek Chauvin as a verdict is expected in the near future. Facebook claims: “We want to strike the right balance between allowing people to speak about the trial and what the verdict means, while still doing our part to protect everyone’s safety.”

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson reacted to Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-CA) remarks suggesting protesters in Minnesota take a “more confrontational” approach.

Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “Stinchfield,” Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz addressed Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-CA) tactics amid the Derek Chauvin trial, saying she is trying to “influence” and “intimidate” the jury.

The D.C. National Guard is activating 250 members to support local law enforcement “in response to potential First Amendment demonstrations.”

Demonstrators are gathering in Minneapolis, MN, Monday evening at a “Justice for George Floyd, Daunte Wright, and All Stolen Lives!” event as the jury deliberates in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Protests are expected to continue

CNN anchor Brianna Keilar said Monday on “New Day” that Republicans criticizing Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) over her comments on getting “more confrontational” had a “stench” of irony.

Former George W. Bush campaign strategist Matthew Dowd said Monday on CNN’s “New Day” that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) was correct in saying to be more confrontational, but he added that “doesn’t mean we should be more violent.”

Republican members of Congress from Minnesota have called for an investigation and censure of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) for her “inflammatory rhetoric” during a protest she attended in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

Chris Taylor, a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee national spokesman, calls criticism towards Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who cited violence in Minneapolis over the weekend, a Republican choice “to mischaracterize and attack a Black woman.” Taylor attacked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) comments

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) “didn’t advocate violence” with her comments about being confrontational.

Jen Psaki responded with the president’s views during the White House press briefing after she was asked for a response to comments by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) calling for a “more confrontational” approach if the jury found Chauvin not guilty.

CNN anchor John Berman said Monday on “New Day” that Republicans criticizing Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) over her comments on getting “more confrontational” are “a case of the pot calling the kettle violent.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Monday said Rep. Maxine Waters should not apologize for calling on protesters to “get more confrontation” if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is cleared in George Floyd’s death. 

The prosecution and defense gave their closing arguments Monday in a Hennepin County courtroom in the trial of former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd last May.

House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy told Breitbart News exclusively that he will move to formally censure House Financial Services Committee chairwoman Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) over her call to violence in Minnesota this weekend.

MSNBC anchor Al Sharpton shared video footage of himself walking towards a private jet en route to Derek Chauvin trial Monday.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) claimed Monday that she is “nonviolent” in response to blowback stemming from her call to protesters to “get more confrontational” if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is cleared in George Floyd’s death. 

During a Monday interview on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich sounded off on Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) recently calling for protesters to “get more confrontational” amid the Derek Chauvin trial for the death of George Floyd.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced Sunday that she plans to introduce a resolution in the House of Representatives expelling Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) from Congress for “inciting Black Lives Matter violence.”

The NBA is telling teams to prepare for contingencies in response to the coming verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.

Vandals smeared a home in Santa Rosa, California, with pig blood on Saturday because a defense witness in the Derek Chauvin trial used to live there — though he no longer does so.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) joined demonstrators Saturday evening outside the police station in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, and told Americans to take to the streets unless Derek Chauvin is convicted for murder in the death of George Floyd.

There is a special breed of sewer rat in Washington who is willing to exploit any human catastrophe for personal political gain.

Police in Washington, DC, will enter “full activation mode” to control potential riots and protests in the city in response to a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the officer allegedly responsible for George Floyd’s death.

The defense rested its case Thursday in the trial of former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd last May, with Chauvin exercising his Fifth Amendment rights and declining to testify himself.

As it becomes increasingly obvious that the belligerent onlookers themselves may have gotten George Floyd killed by creating a dangerous situation for the officers, media commentators leap in to do backup work for the prosecutors by sneering at the idea that the officers might have felt threatened by a few rowdy teenagers.

Saturday Night Live’s cold open this weekend featured an imaginary panel discussion between four news anchors in Minnesota — two black, two white — in which all assumed that Derek Chauvin was guilty of murdering George Floyd, and merely disagreed about whether the state was racist enough for a jury to acquit him.

Chief Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker testified Friday afternoon in the trial of former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis that heart disease and drugs were contributing factors in the death of George Floyd.

Friday on CNN’s “New Day,” Benjamin Crump, George Floyd’s family lawyer, predicted Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin would be convicted for Floyd’s death while under arrest.

Forensic pathologist Dr. Lindsey Thomas testified Friday at the trial of former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin that absent a struggle with police, the death of a person with the drugs George Floyd had in his system would have been ruled an overdose.

Left-wing Hollywood star George Clooney has been in contact with Benjamin Crump, George Floyd’s family lawyer, during the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Crump says Clooney has offered advice and reportedly suggested that Chauvin should volunteer to “get down on the floor in that courtroom, and let somebody come and put their knee on his neck.”

The prosecution in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd has begun referring to the victim’s “neck area” rather than his “neck” after the defense pointed out that Chauvin’s knee was not on his neck throughout the entire encounter, as the media previously reported.

The prosecution suffered a serious setback on Tuesday in the George Floyd murder trial in Minneapolis, Minnesota, when two experts called against Derek Chauvin provided testimony helpful to the defense — though the media reported otherwise.

Maya Echols, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist, threatened that cities will be “on fire” if Derek Chauvin is not convicted.

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Minneapolis was “on edge” as it watches the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who is charged with murdering George Floyd.

Friday, CNN anchor Don Lemon sounded off on the Derek Chauvin trial for George Floyd’s death. Lemon said on “New Day” that the video of Floyd’s death is “indicative” of what black men feel in the United States when they