John Legend On George Floyd Video: We ‘See Our Family Members When That Happens’

John Legend has said that only statues of people who deserve to be revered by the public should remain on display.

John Legend pictured himself and his younger brother's son when he watched the video of George Floyd being suffocated to death by a Minneapolis police officer.In an interview with Willie Geist slated to run on Sunday's (June 21) episode of the TODAY show, father of two Legend says watching Floyd slowly die as the officer kept his knee on the unarmed black man's neck for nearly nine minutes was a harsh reminder that someone he knows could have been under that knee.“We do see our family members

Juneteenth — the holiday marking the end of slavery in the US on June 19, 1865.“I’m excited that the album’s coming out that day,” says Legend of “Bigger Love,” which arrives two days before his “John Legend and Family: A Bigger Love Father’s Day” special airs on ABC. “And I’m excited that people are taking a moment to celebrate the ending of slavery in this country … It also reminds us that we still have a ways to go to get more free in this country.

Jordan Moreau The Wrap’s editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman and executive editor Thom Geier have apologized for a controversial guest blog about the filming of the widely spread George Floyd video.“Due to a failure in editing, this post fell short of TheWrap’s standards.

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 Legend has attacked Donald Trump for his response to the Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the US, describing him as a “bigot” with a “sick mind”.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook, like Twitter, has pulled down videos centered on the killing of George Floyd uploaded by Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign, after Facebook received a copyright-infringement claim on content in the segment.The social-media giant removed the campaign video — in which Trump condemns both Floyd’s death and the resulting protests and rioting across the U.S. — from both Facebook and Instagram on Friday.

Twitter has blocked a Trump campaign video tribute to George Floyd over a copyright claim, in a move that adds to tensions between the social media platform and the U.S. president, one of its most widely followed users.

As George Floyd protests continue to rage in the US, celebrities are taking a stand to speak up and contribute in their own little way. Selena Gomez is one such star.

Mourners filed into a sanctuary in Minneapolis on Thursday for the first in a series of memorials to George Floyd, whose death at the hands of police has sparked sporadic violence and turbulent protests around the world against racial injustice.

Maya Jama attended the peaceful protest held in London's Hyde Park in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on Wednesday.Thousands of people gathered in the capital's park to peacefully voice their outrage over the senseless killing of American man George Floyd at the hands of policemen last week.

Taraji P. Henson, John Legend and Lizzo have added their names to a letter calling for the stop on increases to police budgets, following the death of George Floyd and increase in social unrest from this past weekend.