Maxine Waters big mouth! Slow Joe 2 cents worth.

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As most people are aware at this point, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of manslaughter, second-degree murder and third-degree murder Tuesday in the death of George Floyd. However, the judge who presided over the trial said the case might be far from over. Throughout the whole proceedings, protesters and rioters were in the streets of Minneapolis demanding “justice” in the case. This not only was tolerated but in fact was encouraged by many on the left. Most notably, Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California visited Minnesota and declared that protesters would need to turn up the heat if the trial didn’t go their way. “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. Rioters around the country were already looting retail stores, throwing things at police officers and burning businesses. It’s unclear what Waters had in mind in calling for a “more confrontational” approach, but it would surely be dangerous. As such, defense attorney Eric Nelson suggested to Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill that these statements should result in a mistrial. He said Monday that “an elected official, US congressperson” issued statements which “I think are reasonably interpreted to be threats against the sanctity of the jury process,” according to a CNN trial transcript. “There is a high probability that members of this jury have seen these comments, are familiar with these comments and things that have happened throughout the course of this trial,” Nelson said. While Cahill ultimately denied the motion to declare a mistrial, he agreed that Waters’ comments could spell disaster for the prosecution in an appeal. “I’ll give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned,” he said. “This goes back to what I’ve been saying from the beginning. I wish elected officials would stop talking about this case, especially in a manner that is disrespectful to the rule of law and to the judicial branch and our function.” Cahill is correct that politicians, particularly those on the left side of the aisle, have inserted themselves into this case at a level that we have rarely seen in America. President Joe Biden said Tuesday before the verdict was reached that he was praying for a conviction. “I’m praying the verdict is the right verdict, which is — I think it’s overwhelming, in my view,” he said.