Rapper Ludacris tweets approval of protesters chanting 'Move b---h' lyrics from 2001 song at NYPD officers

NEW YORK -- After watching the ghastly video of George Floyd dying as a police officer pressed a knee on his neck, Grammy-nominated R&B singer Trey Songz couldn’t sleep. He felt a pain in his gut so heavy it brought him down to his home studio, where he began recording a new song.

Judas Priest‘s ‘Breaking The Law’ is being played over stolen police radios by protesters in New York, according to reports.Protests have been taking place across the world following the death of George Floyd, an African American man who was killed in Minneapolis when a white police officer knelt on his neck as he lay on the ground during an arrest.A number of well-known people in the world of music and entertainment have since spoken out and given support to the Black Lives Matter

New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the latest aggression against members of the media during a week of unrest around the country. Portions of the incident were captured on video by videojournalist Robert Bumsted, who was working with photographer Maye-E Wong to document the protests in lower Manhattan over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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Protesters in New York broke out into a chant on Tuesday night (June 2) in an effort to get the NYPD to to unblock the Manhattan Bridge, where marchers had gathered in the latest night of protests in memory of George Floyd.And in classic New York fashion, they picked a solidly profane anthem for their civil disobedience while breaking the city's 8:00 p.m.

Celebrities have continued to speak out as the protests that have swept the US in the wake of George Floyd’s death show no signs of stopping.

New York City imposed an 11 p.m. curfew Monday as the nation's biggest city tried to prevent another night of destruction amid protests over George Floyd's death.

NEW YORK -- The nation's unrest has made for an unprecedented nightly action show on television, with control rooms that switch quickly between cars ablaze, police officers advancing on demonstrators and ransacked stores in cities across the country.

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In a call with the country’s governors about the ongoing protests against the killing of George Floyd, President Trump advocated for “retribution” against protesters, calling them “terrorists,” “anarchists” and “radicals.”

NEW YORK -- It's not the first time that Spike Lee's “Do the Right Thing” has been freshly urgent, but Lee's 1989 film has again found blistering relevance in the wake of George Floyd's death.

LeBron James is showing a side of the ongoing protests in the United States that isn’t being presented by many in the media.

Donald Trump is facing major backlash for how he’s handled the protests following George Floyd’s killing on May 25. Some protests outside the White House on May 29 began to turn violent. However, rather than addressing the situation, Trump reportedly hid in a bunker for nearly an hour, according to a Republican close to the White House, who has remained anonymous, per the New York Times. The report was also anonymously confirmed by an administration official.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's 25-year-old daughter was arrested for unlawful assembly Saturday night, according to the city's Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information. Chiara de Blasio was at a protest in downtown Manhattan.

Don Lemon called out Hollywood leaders and stars for inaction amid nationwide protests over the death of another unarmed black man in police custody during an emotional monologue on his Saturday show. "What about Hollywood? Strangely quiet," the CNN Tonight host said during a conversation with Rev.

By Bruce Haring