Maxine Waters tells Minnesota BLM protesters 'to get more confrontational' one day after violent anti-police clashes erupted across US
- California Representative Maxine Waters appeared on the Brooklyn Center protest on Saturday
- 'We gotta stay on the street,' Waters said, encouraging protesters to ignore the night's curfew
- She also talked about previous botched attempts at police reform and how she wants to see Derek Chauvin receive a guilty verdict in his trial, which is set for closing arguments on Monday
- Earlier on Saturday, protesters marched to the house of Pete Orput, the man responsible for the second-degree manslaughter charges being faced by former police officer Kimberly Potter
- There were clashes between protesters and police on Friday night, with cops deploying pepper spray
- Protests have been more peaceful so far on Saturday night at the Brooklyn Center police station
- Protests are also taking place in other cities across the nation, including Washington D.C.
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HOLDEN WALTER-WARNER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 01:58 EDT, 18 April 2021 | UPDATED: 02:30 EDT, 18 April 2021
California Representative Maxine Waters joined protesters in
Minnesota as demonstrations entered a seventh night on Saturday after the death of Daunte Wright.
Waters told the protesters at Brooklyn Center that she will fight for justice on their behalf and urged them to 'to get more confrontational' - just one day after protests descended into violence.
'I am not happy that we have talked about police reform for so long,' Waters said. 'We're looking for a guilty verdict,' she added in regards to the
Derek Chauvin trial. 'If we don't, we cannot go away.'
'We gotta stay on the street,' Waters was recorded saying, adding that protesters needed 'to get more confrontational' and they should ignore the curfew in place.
Her comments sparked outrage on Twitter.
'Of course she’ll get away with saying that while anyone else would’ve been thrown in jail,' Rick Santella tweeted.
Another user tweeted, 'Good grief lady, leave get out of here.'
One person also accused Waters of 'stirring people up again with her calls for violence.'
US Rep Maxine Waters joins Daunte Wright protest at Brooklyn Center
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Pictured: Congresswoman Maxine Waters leaving the protest at the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Saturday
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Maxine Waters (D-CA) joins demonstrators in a protest outside the Brooklyn Center police station on Saturday night
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Maxine Waters (D-CA) joins demonstrators in a protest outside the Brooklyn Center police station on Saturday night
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Waters is planning on staying in town until Monday.
According to
CBS Minnesota, officials stated that there was a brief altercation between reporters and proresters as Waters was leaving on Saturday, the first reports of any skirmishes.
The
Pioneer Press reports demonstrators gathered Saturday afternoon at the home of Washington County Attorney Pete Orput, responsible for the second-degree manslaughter charges against Kimberly Potter.
The protesters stood outside of Orput's home before marching through is neighborhood in Stillwater.
Black Lives Matter activist Nekima Levy Armstrong relayed that Orput left his home briefly to engage in a conversation with protesters.
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Protesters outside the home of Pete Orput, the Washington County Attorney in Stillwater on Saturday afternoon
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Pictured: Armed members of the New Black Panther Party standing in front of the Brooklyn Center Police Department
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Pictured: Peaceful protesters in front of the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Saturday night
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A demonstrator spray-paints at Union Station near the U.S Capitol, during a march in Washington, D.C. on Saturday
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Demonstrators raise their fists at Union Station near the U.S Capitol, during a march in Washington, D.C. on Saturday
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A demonstrator holds a Black Lives Matter sign during a protest outside the Brooklyn Center police station on Saturday
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A demonstrator holds up a sign during a protest outside the Brooklyn Center police station on Saturday night
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BDemonstrators gather during a protest outside the Brooklyn Center police station on Saturday night
Police groups document dangerous objects brought to Minnesota protest
Protests have also been taking place in Chicago following the death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, as well as New York City and across the rest of the United States.
On Friday night, many protests across the nation started off peacefully before sporadic clashes broke out between Black Lives Matters protesters and the police.
The state is also the location of the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in the death of George Floyd last year.
The closing arguments in his trial are set for Monday, after which there could be a verdict and the potential for unrest based on that verdict.