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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 …

Beyoncé called for the prosecution of the Louisville police officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor in an open letter to the attorney general of Kentucky on Sunday. In the letter, posted on the singer’s official website, Beyoncé addressed Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, and demanded justice for Taylor’s family, who have “not been …

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 …

Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Jay Pharoah says he was stopped by police while jogging in Los Angeles recently, that one of the officers kneeled on his neck and that video footage, apparently from a nearby security camera, recorded the incident. Pharoah shared the video on Instagram today, saying “I could have easily been …

There’s legitimate debate to be had about many reform proposals. But increased funding has been key to the decades-long drop in our violent-crime rates. Bernie Sanders is right, in the way that he sometimes can be: His ideology has led him to the opposite of a trendy conclusion. In an interview with The New Yorker …

A 25-year-old Tacoma woman was arrested Thursday morning on five federal counts of arson after police say she burned five Seattle police vehicles on fire as protests turned violent in downtown Seattle on May 30. U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran said in a news release that Margaret Aislinn Channon was taken into custody without incident …

Defund the police. Better still, disband them. Apologize for being White, or maybe not. Or, maybe, reject the notion that racism holds back African-Americans, or perhaps, wrap the whole premise of the foundation and purpose of America around it instead. The dizzying nature of social media, mainstream media, political rallies, and public relations posturing leads …

One of the four white former Minneapolis police officers who were charged over the death of George Floyd, a black man whose death has triggered protests for police reform and racial justice, has been released on bail. Thomas Lane, 37, had been held on $750,000 bail but was freed from Hennepin County Jail on Wednesday, …

A series of social justice and open borders lobbying organizations, many linked to billionaire George Soros, are demanding that the federal government end all funding of police in the United States. While the Black Lives Matter movement leads a national “Defund the Police” campaign, left-wing groups are likewise demanding steps be taken by Congress to …

The police ‘are not society’s punchbags’, a boss representing frontline officers has said, after one of his colleagues was attacked as he tried to tackle a suspect, while laughing passersby posed for selfies without coming to his aid.Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, warned attacks on officers seem to be increasing …