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Kanye West has apologised for hurting his “people” by falsely claiming George Floyd died from the drug fentanyl. The 45-year-old rapper had made the claim despite George being murdered by a police officer suffocating him by placing a knee on his neck for more than nine minutes. He backtracked on his remarks to paparazzi on Friday night (29.10.22) in an exchange that was captured on video and has now been shared online. Kanye said about footage of George’s killing: “When I see that video as a black person, it hurts my feelings. And I know that police do attack and America is generally racist. “...
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Kanye West has apologised for causing “hurt and confusion” with his antisemitic remarks. The rapper, 45, said sorry during an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Wednesday (19.10.22), when the host, 57, asked him whether he regretted threatening to go “DEFCON 3 on Jewish people”. Kanye initially doubled down on his comments, declaring: “No, absolutely not” – and when Piers asked if he knew the comments were racist, Kanye: “Yes, that’s why I said it... I fought fire with fire. I’m not here to get hosed down.” But later in the show Kanye offered an apology, admitting:“I will say, I’m sorry ...
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Keke Palmer says Jordan Peele’s new horror film ‘Nope’ is a “social commentary”. The star of the scary flick - which is helmed by the former ‘Key Peele; funnyman and also includes the acting talent of Daniel Kaluuya - says it is a multi-faceted story that contains stereotypes “that don’t usually exist together”. The 28-year-old actress told GQ Hype in a joint interview with the 43-year-old director: "It gives me chills. We all know the archetypes: the jester, the orphan, the hero, the list goes on. But what does it look like when you put all the ones that don't usually exist together? This is ...
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Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pled guilty to federal charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, and also pled guilty to violating the rights of a then 14-year-old in 2017 as part of the same deal. Chauvin was convicted of state murder and manslaughter charges this past spring for pinning Floyd by the neck with his knee while arresting Floyd in May of 2020. Floyd, a black man, was heard in recordings saying he couldn’t breathe and later died. Chauvin ignored pleas from bystanders to remove his knee from Floyd’s neck and neglected to perform medical assistance when he ap...
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According to new documents that were filed in court on Wednesday, prosecutors are urging Judge Peter Cahill to impose a 30-year prison sentence for Derek Chauvin, the ex-cop who has been convicted in the murder of George Floyd last May. After more than two days of intense deliberation, the jury found Chauvin guilty on all counts in April. The decision was met with applause across the country and higher hopes for an improved justice system. Assistant State Attorney General Matthew Frank led the prosecution team along with three other members. Their main evidence was the viral video that showed ...
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NBA star LeBron James said Tuesday he endorses a police reform bill named after George Floyd, honoring him as a person who “literally changed the world.” George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 was introduced by House Democrats last year in June after then Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd by pressing his knee on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes. Tuesday was the first anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. The bill passed the House in March with a 220-212 vote. No Republicans voted yes. “It holds a lot of accountability. I think it will make our communities, and m...
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After a year that featured racial protests not seen across the country since the Rodney King riots of the nineties, and intense scrutiny of police, justice was served. Following the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin on April 20, celebrities like Lebron James, Beyonce, and others reacted on Twitter. Their responses were all very similar, happy that justice was served and pushing for more progress against police brutality. While these responses are thoughtful in intent, they forget another victim of this tragedy, Floyd’s family. His daughter who will grow up fatherless, and his brother Philonise F...
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Oprah Winfrey had "flashbacks of Emmett Till" watching the Derek Chauvin trial. The 67-year-old chat-show host admitted to being emotional as she watched the police officer be convicted for the murder of George Floyd, revealing she saw similarities between the case and the story of the 14-year-old African American who was lynched in 1955. In an upcoming interview with Dr Oz - which has been previewed by the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column - she shared: "I watched the verdict live - like so many other people around the world. "I started to tear up and I asked myself, ‘Where is this em...
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Hours after the Minneapolis jury found former police officer Derek Chavin guilty of all charges in the murder trial of George Floyd, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) suggested on Fox News that the jury may have reached the verdict out of fear of mob violence. The network’s post-trial coverage began by showing an unnamed activist saying, “If you continue to allow us to be murdered in the streets without justice, we will raise hell in America,” in footage originally released by the Orlando Sentinel. DeSantis then called the remarks “really, really troubling,” when talking to Fox host Laura Ingraham...
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Regina King referenced the murder of George Floyd as she opened the Oscars on Sunday (25.04.21) night. The 50-year-old actress opened this year’s event in the absence of a traditional host and noted in her monologue that she’d have been out protesting if police officer Derek Chauvin hadn’t been convicted of killing Floyd – who died in May 2020 when the cop knelt on his neck for several minutes, sparking global protests – last week. The ceremony began with Regina walking through Union Station in Los Angeles onto the stage, where she opened with a joke after taking a small stumble. She quipped: ...
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