“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.”
Maxine Waters, Apr 17, 2021
. Remarks to protesters, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
Said if Derek Chauvin was not found guilty. Judge Peter Cahill said the remarks could give the defense grounds for appeal.
“If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them and you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere.”
Maxine Waters, Jun 23, 2018
. Speech (Los Angeles rally).
Said about the family-separation policy. Waters later said she had called for protest, not violence.