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With the murders of George Floyd and various other people of color by police over the past several years, there’s an added layer of discussion that comes with any film or TV show that attempts to cover law enforcement. Many believe it’s not a true representation of the police if the content doesn’t address the fact that officers aren’t always the delightful, well-intentioned peacekeepers they want you to believe they are.

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white police officer Derek Chauvin in Minnesota in May 2020, an incident that prompted protests around the world. It was developed over the past year by Iran’s Basij paramilitary force — a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps — at the behest of IRGC General Mohammad Reza Naghdi, the Sun reported.

by the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer the following month.The criminals in the Arbery case had claimed without evidence that the 25-year-old was involved in a spate of neighbourhood burglaries and said they were acting in self-defence.All three men were convicted today (November 24) after the jury returned unanimous decisions in court in south Georgia [via The Guardian].Travis, who shot Arbery three times with a pump action shotgun, was convicted on all nine counts, including

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michaela Coel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Firth, Florence Pugh and other top talent.It was, as Mbatha-Raw puts it, “so un-British.” In a good way.The U.K. had its own reckoning with race following the murder of George Floyd on May 25 in America, and the local film and TV industry was quick to make declarations of allyship and engage in untold commitments.

a demonstration outside the company’s office. The comedian is nominated for the 2022 Grammys for “8:46” alongside Amir Sulaiman.

NEW YORK -- Two Washington Post reporters are working on a biography of George Floyd, from his family history in the tobacco fields of North Carolina to his murder last year in Minneapolis by a white police officer.Viking announced Wednesday that “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice,” by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, will come out next May, nearly two years to the day of Floyd's death.The book expands upon the Post's six-part series “George

“The Sentence,” by Louise Erdrich (HarperCollins)When she isn’t writing bestselling novels that explore Native American life, Louise Erdrich runs a bookstore in Minneapolis that sells Native literature and art.

Ashley Banjo has been praised for confronting comedian Jim Davidson over the comments he made about Diversity's Black Lives Matter performance.The group performed a powerful dance in September last year on Britain's Got Talent, with choreography that included a reference to the tragic death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests.The routine left many divided and Jim, 68, made some negative remarks in a video titled 'Who Needs Diversity?' as he called it “the most indulgent piece of stuff

An online troll who mocked the murder of George Floyd has been ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work in the community.

Ben Crump, who, in representing the family of George Floyd, became a household name and among the most powerful voices in the Black Lives Matter movement, urged guests at the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) Music in Action Awards gala to “raise your voices in beautiful harmony and continue to give voice to those who have no voice.”Crump joined seven fellow honorees for the inaugural event, recognizing significant contributions to social justice, change, and/or equity over the preceding year.

have now reportedly been released into the United States on a “very, very large scale.” So on Wednesday’s episode of Fox News’ “The Five,” Gutfeld complained that this alarming story was a distraction from real issues. The media, he said, is “ignoring rampant violent crime that started last summer,” by which he meant the protests that erupted after the murder of George Floyd by police offcers.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music“Those songs just touched at a moment,” says Mickey Guyton of the back-to-back impact of her songs “Remember Her Name,” written shortly after the death of Breonna Taylor at the hands of local police, “Black Like Me,” which helped soundtracked the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the murder of George Floyd (Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted) and “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?,” accompanying the perpetual mountain climb

Cops is returning with new episodes on the Fox News streaming service Fox Nation, which also announced a new slate of first responder programming.

Marta Balaga Dedicated to the story that shook up Poland in 1983, when high-schooler Grzegorz Przemyk was beaten to death by militia, Venice’s main competition entry “Leave No Traces” is not your usual historical movie, argued helmer Jan P. Matuszyński during the press conference.“I see parallels between the case of Grzegorz Przemyk and the case of George Floyd,” he said.

TMZ, Rick said there was no hope for a reconciliation, as their "tastes, mental dispositions, views, likes, and dislikes have become so divergent that they have become incompatible in marriage."At the time of the filing, the George Floyd protests had just happened, the country was in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic and the 2020 Presidential race was in full swing.

The category is Covid-19 production realness, and the producing team behind RuPaul’s Drag Race and Untucked! is serving.

LOS ANGELES -- PBS has fallen short on some aspects of diversity and is taking steps toward comprehensive change to be overseen by a new executive hired for the task, CEO and President Paula Kerger said.While the measures took into account allegations that PBS favors white male filmmaker Ken Burns (“The Civil War,” “Baseball”) and slights viewers of color, Kerger said, they emerged from a deeper reappraisal prompted by the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020.“I think

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Angelique Jackson SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “A Boy is a Gun,” the fifth episode of “Grown-ish.”Since its 2018 debut, Freeform’s “Grown-ish” has paid special attention to social issues presented through the lens of today’s college students.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAccording to its statements, the task force “is committed to fostering a community that values, promotes and demands respect, freedom, equal opportunity and justice for Black lives and all marginalized communities.“Conceived in the wake of the George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery tragedies, Def Jam was determined to channel the power, influence and reach of one of the world’s most potent hip-hop cultural forces to advance positive change in a deeply

IATSE Local 600 — never did more to recruit minorities. When Langley started his career, he said the goal was to bring Black membership up to 10%.

Ramin Setoodeh Executive EditorSpike Lee is making history at Cannes Film Festival. The Oscar-winning director is the first Black president of the jury, where he’ll head the nine artists and actors — including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tahar Rahim and Song Kang-ho — tasked with voting on the prestigious Palm d’Or.“Cannes is the world’s greatest film festival,” Lee said on Tuesday afternoon in the South of France.

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Derek Chauvin’s sentence for the murder of George Floyd, describing it as “appropriate.” Reporters informed the president of the decision on Friday afternoon, asking for his thoughts on the former police officer’s 22-and-a-half-year sentence.“Well, I don’t know all of the circumstances that are considered,” Biden began.