Dave Chappelle said “the streets are talking for themselves” following the death of George Floyd, in a surprise special entitled 8.46, the length of time a white police officer knelt on the neck of the unarmed black man.
05.06.2020 - 03:09 / perezhilton.com
Wow, this is one of the most hopeful, inspiring stories we’ve heard in a long time. And it’s all thanks to the pure class of Dave Chappelle.
The comic was known for tackling topics of racism on his seminal Comedy Central show, but it turns out he’s capable of doing more than making people cry laughing — he can even change hearts!
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Dave Chappelle said “the streets are talking for themselves” following the death of George Floyd, in a surprise special entitled 8.46, the length of time a white police officer knelt on the neck of the unarmed black man.
Kandi Burruss is opening up about talking to her children about race. The 44-year-old star and mother of three appeared on Wednesday's where she talked about raising black children in America. «My son Ace, who's 4, he was a policeman on career day.
Dan Abrams tweeted: «Shocked & beyond disappointed about this. To the loyal #LivePDNation please know I, we, did everything we could to fight for you, and for our continuing effort at transparency in policing.
Becca Kufrin did not try to totally defend her fiance, Garrett Yrigoyen, for showing support to the police amid the Black Lives Matter protest, although she still argued that he’s a good person. The former Bachelorette agreed with his critics that his post had the ‘wrong time and message and sentiment.’ This is what Becca said while on her and Rachel Lindsay ‘s ‘Bachelor Happy Hour’ podcast.
The Daily Showreturned from its brief hiatus with an emotional, hour-long episode in which host Trevor Noah soberly discussed the protests against police brutality taking place all over the globe, along with the incidents of retaliation from the police themselves. "Never before in American history has there been an uprising like this, exactly like this, where you have huge numbers of people coming out every single day, in every single state in the country," Noah said.
Trevor Noah slammed police brutality on Monday’s “The Daily Show”.
Also Read: Scenes From Black Lives Matter Protests in LA With Michael B Jordan and MoreNoah followed this with a truly disturbing supercut of some of the more brazen displays of ugly violence directed by police at lawful protests.
Erik Pedersen Managing EditorTrevor Noah and The Daily Social Distancing Show returned from a two-week hiatus tonight — but dang if there he had anything to talk about. It’s not like, y’know, stuff happened.But Comedy Central’s intrepid late-night host soldiered on and opted to tackle an old topic: police brutality.The day before George Floyd is laid to rest, an often grim-faced Noah said: “People have been comparing this moment to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.
he nephew of Harvey Milk on Thursday expressed his support for those who are protesting against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
This is a very tough, but very necessary conversation.
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As people continue to fight for equality and law enforcement reform through peaceful protests and the Black Lives Matter movement, many are wondering what they can do to educate themselves on systemic racism.
Cynthia Bailey wanted to set one thing straight one heer social media account and shared this post about police brutality. Check it out below.
Regina King is opening up about raising a young black man.
Cynthia Bailey, her fiancé, Mike Hill, their daughters, Ashleé Hill, Kayla Hill, Noelle Robinson, and Noelle’s girlfriend, Alexis, joined the thousands of people across the world who are protesting police brutality and injustice in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and more. The Real Housewives of Atlanta family peacefully protested together in Los Angeles on June 3, and detailed their experience later on Instagram.
The renewed Black Lives Matter movement reminds comedian Kenny DeForest about a powerful exchange Dave Chappelle once had with a heckler.
Kanye West is helping out amid global protests denouncing police brutality and systemic racism.
As the protests continue around the country – and around the world – to demand justice in the George Floyd murder case and to speak out against police brutality and systemic racism, ABC joined the cause this week by re-airing two episodes of their sitcom Black-ish on Blackout Tuesday. The first episode the network chose for the occasion was titled “Hope” from Season 2, and it addressed the issue of police brutality.
Lauren London showed once more how resilient she is after the tragic passing of Nipsey Hussle, by doing an interview where she opened about police brutality with Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith also tackled the political unrest going in this country after the killing of George Floyd.