ABC News will air a two-hour20/20special on the life of George Floyd this Friday, April 23rd at 9:00 p.m. EST. The special will feature interviews with the friends and family of Floyd, including Gianna Floyd, his youngest daughter. “I see myself as being a black girl and being a black …
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Samantha Greene is a licensed clinical social worker who spent three years working as a crisis intervention specialist at a call center in Dallas. Every interaction with our Mobile Crisis Outreach Team began with a phone call. They came 24 hours a day from school personnel, homeless shelter staff, police …
Read More »On TikTok, Cops Are Still Trying to Be the Good Guys
One of @OfficerCortese’s top-performing TikToks of the past few weeks shows him responding to the question “How do you like being a cop?” “I like it, but not a lot,” he lip-synchs to audio of Gru from the Despicable Mefranchise. It then cuts to a nonplussed Cortese against the backdrop …
Read More »James Corden Shares New BTS 'Carpool Karaoke' Clip to Thank Army
“It’s clear to me that the only troops we should be sending in right now are the BTS Army,” James Corden said Monday night onThe Late Late Show. Corden dedicated a segment to the phenomenon of K-pop groups and their fandoms supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing …
Read More »John Legend, Common, the Weeknd, Lizzo Sign Open Letter to Defund the Police
John Legend, Common, the Weeknd, Lizzo, Jane Fonda, and others have signed a new open letter urging local governments to decrease police budgets in favor of spending more on health care, education, and other community programs. Others to sign the letter include Megan Rapinoe, Yada Shahidi, and Anthony Romero, the …
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