Colin Kaepernick has signed a first-look deal with The Walt Disney Company, which will include a docuseries about his life.
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Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that he said would encourage better police practices. But he made no mention of the roiling national debate over racism spawned by police killings of Black men and women.
Colin Kaepernick has signed a first-look deal with The Walt Disney Company, which will include a docuseries about his life.
Ivanka Trump, 38, landed herself a new nickname after revealing Donald Trump’s executive order to revamp the federal hiring process: Nepotism Barbie. The executive order, which the POTUS signed on June 27, will require federal agencies to prioritize skills over a college degree. The announcement from the president’s senior advisor was met with skepticism, however, given that Ivanka’s boss is her dad.
Rihanna, Billie Eilish, Lizzo and Justin Bieber have all backed a major open letter calling for police reform.The US stars have joined forces with record labels such as Sony Music Group, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to support Congress’ Justice in Policing Act of 2020.The support, which was also backed by the likes of Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande and Post Malone, follows the death of George Floyd last month.
The Innocence Project, a nonprofit that fights wrongful convictions.The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star first became interested in criminal justice reform in 2018 after successfully convincing President Donald Trump to reduce the life sentence of non-violent drug offender Alice Marie Johnson.Alice Marie Johnson had been convicted on charges of attempted possession of cocaine and conspiracy to possess cocaine and had served 21 years of her life sentence when she was released thanks to Kim’s
Ted Johnson President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing on Tuesday that addresses officers’ use of chokeholds and attempts to establish a database for law enforcement misconduct, but it will be up to Congress to legislate more robust reforms.At a Rose Garden ceremony on Tuesday, the president also leaned in heavily on his contention that the problems in policing are due to a small number of officers.“I use the word ‘tiny.’ It is a very small percentage, but you have them,” Trump
One day after George Floyd was laid to rest, his brother is speaking out about police reform. On Wednesday, June 10, Philonise Floyd testified before the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing on policing practices and law enforcement accountability.
Donald Trump enraged people on social media once again, this time by trying to find an excuse for the aggression 75 year old BLM suffered at the hands of the riot police. As you can imagine, his words pretty much tried to victim blame and many were not Okay with that.
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.
Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and hundreds in the music industry are calling for police reform in New York.
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.
As protests continue around the globe in response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers, some popular Sesame Street characters joined CNN’s Van Jones and Erica Hill and a group of experts to address the problem of racism and discuss how to fight against it.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke on racial inequality in California amid protests taking place across the country following the deaths of George Floyd and other unarmed black people at the hands of police.
You do NOT mess with Eliot Stabler. Christopher Meloni, the actor who played the famed detective on Law & Order: SVU for over a decade years, popped off when President Donald Trump tweeted his nonsensical “LAW & ORDER!” message for the umpteenth time. In response to the president’s June 4 tweet, Chris shot back with “You would be arrested!” And he would certainly know. He spent 12 seasons nabbing New York City’s most especially heinous.
Former Nirvana bass player Krist Novoselic found himself hit with waves of backlash when he took to Facebook to praise U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial “law and order” speech, declaring that he would deploy “thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military personnel and law enforcement officers” to quash protests over the death of George Floyd
By Todd Spangler
It’s been two days since Donald Trump blamed the “lamestream media” for the ongoing anti-racism protests in a tweet, calling journalists “truly bad people with a sick agenda.” Even before the president’s lewd tweet, police had been targeting journalists and reporters covering the nationwide protests calling for justice in the death of George Floyd, 46.
Mariska Hargitay just went full-on Olivia Benson in response to Donald Trump who tweeted, “LAW & ORDER!” on May 31. — The crime series in which she’s the longest running cast member on. “You mean tyranny and racism!” Mariska, 56, tweeted back at Trump on Tuesday, June 2.