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Stephen Jackson criticized the NBA on Saturday for choosing to continue the season. The former NBA player took to Instagram to share his disapproval of the 2019-2020 NBA regular season continuing in Orlando in July, saying that other things are going on in the world to focus on besides basketball. “I love the NBA man, […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed an extensive legislative package that aims to prevent police misconduct and hold New York officers more accountable. The measures, which were approved by the state’s legislature earlier this week, included a ban on police chokeholds as well as a repeal of statute 50-a, a decades-old law that kept officer’s disciplinary records hidden from […]
Dave Chappelle name-dropped a handful of Hollywood names in his surprise Netflix comedy special, 8:46, where he addressed George Floyd‘s death. Now, two of the people he mentioned, Don Lemon and Candace Owens, have responded. “I’m actually honored to be memorialized in a Dave Chappelle special,” Lemon told CNN about his reaction to the stand-up. “What I […]
On Thursday night, Netflix shared a clip from Dave Chappelle‘s Dave Chapelle & Friends: A Talk with Punchlines and titled it “8:46.” During the clip, Chappelle addressed the killing of George Floyd and the protests that have sprung up across the country in response. Throughout his time on stage, Chappelle returned to 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck […]
According to a statement put out on their own social media pages, Texas Southern University will grant a full scholarship to George Floyd‘s six-year-old daughter, Gianna, if she decided she wanted to enroll there. Obviously that decision won’t be made for awhile. That university is stationed in Houston, which is the city that Floyd was […]
A white New Jersey corrections officer has been suspended and a white FedEx worker has been fired after both men were seen in footage mocking the murder of George Floyd. “We have been made aware that one of our officers participated in the filming of a hateful and disappointing video that mocked the killing of […]
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount Network has decided to cancel the show Cops as a response to nationwide protests taking place due to George Floyd‘s death. The show had been scrubbed from the cable network’s upcoming schedule, and now they say they’re axing the long-running program for good. “Cops is not on the Paramount […]
The head of New York State’s Police Benevolent Association is demanding more respect. During a PBA press conference Tuesday, Michael O’Meara boldly accused the media and legislators of “vilifying” officers and propagated anti-police sentiments. The comments come amid increasing calls for police reform and nationwide demonstrations spurred by the death of George Floyd. “We all read in the paper […]
Drake, commendably, has joined in on the widespread trashing of the attorney representing former Minneapolis Police Department officer Thomas Lane. Attorney Earl Gray made an appearance on CNN Monday, attempting—and that’s the key word here—to offer up some sort of defense for Lane’s involvement in the murder of George Floyd. “[Gray] struggling through an ATTEMPT […]
Just over two weeks after George Floyd’s death sparked protests against police brutality and systemic racism across the world, his funeral is being held in Houston. Friends and family came to pay their respects to Floyd, who was killed by police officers in Minneapolis while unarmed. The funeral follows the memorial service held for him […]
