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Joy Behar said Thursday’s broadcast of ABC’s “The View” that the police should have shot their firearm into the air as a warning instated of killing Ma’Khia Bryant during a knife fight in Columbus, OH.

Former Green Bay Packers star Brett Favre says he finds it “hard to believe” that former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin “intentionally meant to kill George Floyd.”

The University of Michigan board of regents created a “George Floyd Memorial Scholarship Fund” Wednesday and denounced “anti-blackness” school leaders said exists in America.

Wednesday, FNC’s Tucker Carlson decried the politicization of the Derek Chauvin trial, which he said is what in part led to the verdict.

MSNBC anchor Joy Reid said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson laughing during a discussion of the guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd was “like a maniac in the face of a nine-and-a-half minute murder.”

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said that the conviction of Derek Chauvin “was an anomaly” and we have cases like George Floyd’s “happening all day, every day.” Boudin stated, “[T]he verdict yesterday in

The State Department bashed the U.S. as racist after a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of George Floyd’s murder.

Corporate America weighed in on the jury finding former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd.

Meghan McCain told her co-hosts Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that she was begging the right to “stop politicizing” the killing of George Floyd by former police officer Derek Chauvin.

Following the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, Harvard Divinity School philosophy professor Cornel West appeared Tuesday evening on The Mehdi Hasan Show.

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday announced that the Justice Department will launch an investigation into the policing practices in Minneapolis following the conviction of former officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd. 

“Justice is convicting America,” declared Ibram X. Kendi in a video produced by CBS following the conviction of Derek Chauvin.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) doubled down on Tuesday following the guilty verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, concluding that the results are “not a substitute for policy change” in the United States.

Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) during a committee markup ripped Democrats for not condemning violence while Republicans consistently condemned last year’s violence.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who last week called for the end of policing and incarceration, said Tuesday’s guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial should mark the beginning of a “more fair, just, and equitable society” and vowed to “make all of this a reality” moving forward.

After it became obvious former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin would be convicted of murdering George Floyd, Democrats Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and His Fraudulency Joe Biden timed their respective outbursts hoping there would be a mistrial, which would usher in a new wave of Black Lives Matter riots.

Major Hollywood studios released statements following Tuesday’s conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, committing to use their platforms to “advance racial equity and social justice” moving forward.

Jemar Tisby, author of the bestselling book The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism, speculated Tuesday evening that widespread unrest was necessary to convince a Minnesota jury to convict former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.

Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis said it was his idea for the tweet the team sent that received angry backlash after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd.

Black Lives Matter UK said they will continue to fight “white supremacy” and to “defund the police” following the George Floyd trial.

Tuesday, following the announcement of the three-count guilty verdict of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, MSNBC contributor Eddie Glaude lauded the decision but warned there could be consequences. Glaude warned viewers about the possibility of police retaliation on the

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) stated that unless there is societal change after the George Floyd case, “we’re going to be right back here again” and “we can’t be denying the right

HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders got angry backlash for a tweet the team sent after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd.

The Pittsburgh Penguins posted that a jury was not necessary to prove that Derek Chauvin “murdered” George Floyd last May.

Black Lives Matter protesters in Minneapolis chanted “F**k the National Guard” after taking to the streets. Their march immediately followed the conviction by a Minnesota jury of former police officer Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd nearly one year ago.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) stated that the conviction of Derek Chauvin is “accountability” “but what we really want to see is true justice,” which would mean George Floyd, Daunte Wright, and Michael Brown

President Joe Biden appeared to justify the public pressure placed on the jury in the trial of former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murder and manslaughter Tuesday in the death of George Floyd.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced major backlash Tuesday following her remarks on the Derek Chauvin trial verdict, in which she thanked George Floyd for “sacrificing” his life for justice.

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that her “more confrontational” comments were meant as non-violent protest like the tactics used in the Civil Rights Movement.

Biden reacted Tuesday to the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial finding him guilty of the murder of George Floyd, saying it was a “much too rare” event, when law enforcement was successfully prosecuted for the death of a black man in their custody.

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that Republicans target her as an “uppity” black woman to fundraise.

“It’s not justice,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of the Derek Chauvin trial, saying “systemic institutional racism” continues.

Pop star Justin Timberlake says the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is “just the first step in a long line of injustice against the black community.”

Hollywood stars broke out in celebration Tuesday after the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minnesota announced guilty verdicts for the former police officer on charges of second and third-degree murders as well as manslaughter.

On Tuesday, dozens of athletes reacted to the guilty verdict for former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.

Ben Crump, the attorney for the Floyd family, posted a video of the call with President Biden and Vice President Harris on social media.