Jamie Foxx addresses crowd about police brutality during San Francisco protest

Jamie Foxx recently came live on Instagram and confirmed that he is all set to get into the boxing gloves of Mike Tyson and play the legendary American boxer in his biopic. The film was announced in 2014 and Jamie Foxx was roped in as the lead actor.

Jamie Foxx will not be exchanging Christmas cards anytime soon following the "Fast & The Furious" star's Instagram posts. On Thursday, Tyrese posted a four-picture montage that appeared racially-charged, including one that showed white people in chains."The flip……. Get to YouTube this is what's going on in South Africa……." he captioned a since-deleted series of pictures.The Instagram post didn't sit well with many people, including several prominent South American celebrities.

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UPDATE (6/9/20 @ 3:15PM ET): Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum were among thousands of mourners who attended George Floyd’s funeral service on June 9, in George’s hometown of Houston, TX. The actors stood with the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Eric Garner and wore white to the somber event. In practicing safety precautions during the COVID-19 outbreak, they also wore face masks.

John Oliver held back tears during a breathtaking episode of Last Week Tonight devoted to discussing the scourge of police brutality in the United States, and Donald Trump‘s “f**king disgusting” response to the protests. “All week long, protesters have continued to fill the streets in all 50 states in the wake of the horrific murder of George Floyd by the police,” Oliver said on the June 7 episode.

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Many celebrities are joining the nationwide protests sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn. Across the country, people have been protesting against police brutality, specifically against the black community, in the wake of a shocking video that shows Floyd being taken into custody by an officer who places his knee on his neck.

Actor Jamie Foxx lent his voice to a rally at San Francisco’s city hall on June 1, singing with his fellow protestors during the ‘kneel-in’ demonstration. The Ray Oscar-winner, 52, took to the podium during the protest and sang the verse from Isaiah 54:17. “No weapons formed against me, shall prosper, it won’t work. No weapons formed against me shall prosper.”

Jamie Foxx is encouraging others to take action and demand justice in order to enact real change. Following the fatal arrest of George Floyd, which has sparked outrage and protests across the nation, the 52-year-old actor joined thousands of peaceful protestors outside San Francisco's City Hall on Monday to honor the Minneapolis man, and countless other black lives that have been lost due to police brutality.

In the last few days, various Hollywood celebrities have stepped out of their homes to participate in the protests against the killing of George Floyd and all the other black victims of police brutality. Jamie Foxx too joined the list as he joined a rally and addressed the protesters.

Jamie Foxx took the microphone at a rally to protest the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer.

US president Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the military to break up protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.

The killings of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor are the most recent in a long history of horrific systemic racism and police brutality against Black people in the United States. Black communities have been at the forefront of so many major American musical movements, including jazz, rock’n’roll, hip-hop, soul, and house.

Jamie Foxx is standing up against the ongoing racism and injustices raging through the United States.