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A US congresswoman is under fire after urging demonstrators to get more confrontational if a not-guilty verdict comes in the George Floyd case.
At a protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Maxine Waters told protesters to stay on the streets if ex-officer Derek Chauvin is acquitted in the case.
The trial judge said the Democrat s comments were abhorrent .
Republicans called for a congressional censure of Ms Waters, but Democrats said she had no reason to apologise.
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Ms Waters spoke on Saturday in a Minneapolis suburb not far from where Mr Chauvin, who is white, is on trial accused of the murder and manslaughter of Mr Floyd, a black man, in the city on 25 May last year.
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FILE PHOTO: Then-Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Gary Gensler testifies at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill July 30, 2013. REUTERS/Jose Luis Magana/File Photo
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