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Senate Republicans will unveil legislation this week to restrict the use of choke holds by police officers, among other reforms, as protests continue nationwide in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. The legislation, which was spearheaded by Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, the Senate’s only black Republican, is set to be …

Odell Beckham Jr. is honoring George Floyd with a special T-shirt. The Cleveland Browns player, 27, has designed a T-shirt and 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to Black Lives Matter. Beckham’s T-shirt is available to purchase for $25 and features the words “I Still Can’t Breathe” on the front and “No Justice, …

In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, the calls from Black Lives Matter activists, privileged celebrities, and elected Democrats at the local, state, and national levels to “defund the police” have gotten louder. In Minneapolis, the city where Floyd died after now-former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck …

Democratic Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar said Sunday that the Minneapolis Police Department is “rotten to the root,” making any attempt to reform it futile, and called for the city’s police force to be dismantled. “You can’t really reform a department that is rotten to the root,” Omar said during an interview on CNN. “What you can …

George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter is Disney’s newest stockholder, thanks to a generous gift from singer Barbra Streisand. Gianna Floyd thanked Streisand on her Instagram account on Saturday, and posted a series of photos displaying the Disney letter and certificate she received in the mail from the 10-time Grammy award winner. “Thank You @barbrastreisand for my …

Don’t expect to see Dave Chappelle ferrying to Staten Island any time soon. In a new Netflix stand-up special, “8:46” that dropped for free Friday night via YouTube, the comedian scorches the city’s smallest borough while doing a slow-burn on George Floyd, police brutality and the killings of African Americans. “You watch one shooting after …

A new movement for a Britney Spears monument has turned Louisiana’s statue debate into a real “Circus.” A snarky Southerner started a petition seeking to replace the state’s Confederate statues with one honoring “an actual Louisiana hero and influencial[sic] human being, Britney Spears” — and the response has been crazy. “Before becoming one of the …

Nike just did it: Juneteenth is now a paid company holiday. The sportswear giant added June 19, the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery, to its list of annual official days off, CNN Business reported. Twitter, Square and Vox Media also have designated the date as a holiday. Nike announced the decision …

Boston mayor Marty Walsh declared racism a “public health crisis” on Friday, and announced a proposal to transfer funds from the police department’s overtime budget to social services. Walsh said $3 million would be immediately transferred from overtime for city police to the Boston Public Health Commission. The mayor will also propose that the City …

Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, could receive a $1 million pension even if he is ultimately convicted. Chauvin, 44, can legally file for pension benefits once he turns 50, the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association said. “Neither our Board nor our staff have the discretion to increase, decrease, deny …