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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said Sunday on CBS’s 60 Minutes he ‘felt a little bad’ for Derek Chauvin upon the guilty verdict of killing George Floyd.

Political commentator Angela Rye said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that the systemic racism of American policing has caused black people to “carry trauma in our bodies.”

Representative Val Demings (D-FL) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that she thought the officer who fatally shot Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio “responded as he was trained to do.”

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors posted a video to her Instagram page Thursday saying people must “fight” for an “abolished” criminal justice system after the murder of George Floyd and police-involved shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant.

Black-owned businesses trapped in the Minneapolis no-go zone where George Floyd died are pleading for help.

Krista Vernoff, showrunner and producer for the ABC drama “Station 19,” said 25 names appear at the end of the show’s George Floyd-inspired episode, because as “a middle-aged white lady” she was “not equipped” to write the story on her own.

Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) said Friday on ABC’s “The View” that she was pushing to a call to “defund our police departments.”

NEW YORK — At least 23.2 million Americans watched on television this week as former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

The controversial activist group Black Lives Matter criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Wednesday after the speaker thanked George Floyd for “sacrificing” his life for justice, calling her remarks “so damn disrespectful.”

MSNBC host Tiffany Cross said Thursday on “Live” that those who claim black people like Daunte Wright fleeing during his encounter with police caused his own death were the manifestation of “the practice of white supremacy.”

A makeshift memorial set up in Minneapolis called “George Floyd Square” has a set of instructions for whites, telling them to “decenter themselves.”

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.

“The American establishment did not want another summer of Black rebellion,” said a BLM UK spokesman of Derek Chauvin’s conviction.

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.

Wednesday, during an appearance on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) expressed his frustration with some of the rhetoric from prominent Democrats following Tuesday’s three-count guilt verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

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.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said that Rep. Maxine Waters’ (D-CA) comments on the Derek Chauvin trial were in bounds and appropriate, but he “didn’t hear” her say that she thought Chauvin

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