Jen Psaki says Biden’s plan to combat rising crime won’t derail the George Floyd police reform bill and insists the surge in violence is ‘driven by guns’ in major cities Press secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden’s plan to address the rise in violent crime won’t derail negotiations over the George Floyd police reform … Read more
Selena Gomez says she dealt with ‘a bit of depression’ amid onset of coronavirus pandemic and shutdown Singer, 28, spoke on Instagram Live with Dr. Vivek Murthy Chat came to mark World Mental Health Day on Saturday Gomez credited people around her and creative outlets as major help Murthy served as Surgeon General from 2014 until … Read more
‘Taking the knee is now ‘good PR’ and little more’: QPR chief Les Ferdinand, English football’s only black director of football, says Black Lives Matter’s message has been ‘lost’ as his club become the first to speak out about shunning the gesture By Adrian Kajumba For The Daily Mail Published: 13:25 BST, 21 September 2020 … Read more
Trump says it was a ‘beautiful thing’ when MSNBC journalist Ali Velshi was struck by a rubber bullet during a George Floyd protest in Minnesota On May 30, reporter Ali Velshi was covering protest when he was injured by cops The MSNBC journalist was struck in the knee by a rubber bullet in Minneapolis On … Read more
A school in Westchester has come under fire after a teacher handed out an image to students about the Black Lives Matter movement, comparing modern-day cops to slave owners and the Ku Klux Klan. Westlake High School educator Christoper Moreno gave his 11th-graders a handout on September 8, on the first day of classes. The handout … Read more
The University of Edinburgh has come under fire after it renamed a tower bearing the name of 18th century philosopher David Hume over his links to slavery. The David Hume Tower will now be known as 40 George Square, the university confirmed, following pressure from activists, despite a petition amassing less than 2,000 signatures. The campaign … Read more
If ITV says sorry over BLM-inspired dance, I’ll quit says Alesha Dixon: Britain’s Got Talent judge issues ultimatum after supporting controversial performance by Diversity on the show By Katie Hind Showbusiness Editor For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:25 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 12 September 2020 Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha … Read more
The police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes before his death has appeared in person in court for the first time since the May 25 killing, and was heckled as he was escorted to a corrections department SUV afterwards. Derek Chauvin, 44, has been charged with murder and is currently … Read more
Laurence Fox has apologised to actress Rebecca Front and deleted a tweet of a ‘private message’ revealing she had blocked him on Twitter over his ‘AllLivesMatter’ posts. The star of ITV drama Lewis said on social media earlier today that it is was the ‘most painful cancellation I’ve had yet’ after The Thick of It … Read more
Diversity’s Britain’s Got Talent BLM-inspired dance has become the second most complained about TV moment of the past 10 years. Ofcom complaints have reached over 10,000 as of Thursday, knocking the Kim Woodburn/Coleen Nolan argument – which took place on Loose Women in 2018 – off the second spot with only 7,912 complaints. The first … Read more