John Oliver Talks To Jimmy Fallon About His Call To Defund The Police

Elton John and husband, David Furnish, opened up about the current Black Lives Matter protests and what it will take for real, long-lasting positive change to take place when it comes to racial inequality in America. Here’s what the star had to say! In the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by a police officer in broad daylight, many were shocked and outraged and even a lot of people who had not realized things were so bad, finally learned how bad systemic racism really is.

Noname just dropped her new track “Song 33”.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterOf the many calls to action that have emerged from the outrage over the death of George Floyd, a movement to “defund the police” has sprung up fast as Americans seek to scrutinize law enforcement.An influential industry like Hollywood is not immune to pressure to join that fight — one that organizers from coalitions like #BlackLivesMatter are hoping will dismantle police autonomy and replace racial inequality with justice while specifically reallocating police

Samantha Bee is backing the movement to defund police departments.

Spike Lee is worried that the "Defund the Police" movement, which has sprung up amid the worldwide anti-racism protests in the wake of George Floyd's death, will have adverse effects with President Donald Trump perverting the message to stoke fear.

Trevor Noah tears into U.S. President Donald Trump and the police response to protesters following the death of George Floyd.

Jimmie Allen, one of the few Black voices in the country music scene, is speaking out about the death of George Floyd.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSpike Lee talked with Jimmy Fallon about police brutality and how things have changed (or have not) since his 1989 film Do The Right Thing in an appearance on The Tonight Show Monday.In response to the death of George Floyd, Lee had released a short film, Will History Stop Repeating Itself?, that intersperses footage of Eric Garner, George Floyd and Radio Raheem, his character from Do The Right Thing, in police chokeholds.

If you want to see change in policing, John Oliver has broken down what needs to be done.  While appearing remotely on The Tonight Show on Monday, the Last Week Tonight host discussed the topic of defunding the police, a cause that has gained momentum following the death of George Floyd and amid the Black Lives Matter movement.  Oliver offered context on the topic to host Jimmy Fallon, recalling how he initially learned about "defund the police" through an episode of Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas.

Ever since George Floyd's video went viral on the internet wherein four police policemen arrested him and one of them kneeled down on his neck until he died, millions of people in the US have come out on the streets to protest. Many celebrities have stood for the Black Lives Matter movement and now Natalie Portman is also expressing her take.

The Last Week Tonight host got emotional while calling out Donald Trump for how he’s dealt with the Black Lives Matter protests and also talking about the ‘sickening’ and ‘f**king disgusting’ ways in which those fighting for equality continue to be treated by the police force. John Oliver was particularly disgusted by how the POTUS has been using George Floyd’s name just to promote his accomplishments.

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Also Read: Scenes From Black Lives Matter Protests in LA With Michael B Jordan and MoreThose wouldn’t be the only f—s Oliver had to give (out).Early on, Oliver said it is “utterly f—ing disgusting” that Trump used George Floyd’s name in the same breath as May’s job numbers.

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.

In John Oliver’s view, it’s time for serious police reform.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAt the top of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver addressed the George Floyd protests and Donald Trump’s bible photo opp and the excessive force police officers use — specifically against the Black community. That said, he spent the entire episode unpacking the problematic police system.Oliver points out that the violence we have seen is the tip of a very large iceberg.

Jimmy Fallon was uncharacteristically serious as he kicked off Thursday night’s at-home edition of “The Tonight Show”, addressing the protests that have been erupting across the globe in response to the death of George Floyd.

Talib Kweli had a lot on his mind when he Zoomed into The Tonight Show on Wednesday night (June 3) from the studio to chat with his old pal Jimmy Fallon. When the host jumped right in and asked the activist/rapper why the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer and the subsequent nationwide protests are different from other mass mobilizations after previous police-involved killings of black and brown men and women, Kweli took it all the way back to the Civil War.