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Eminem has joined the cause. The 47-year-old rapper announced that his music studio, Shady Records, will be participating in the #BlackoutTuesday campaign, a movement that started within the music industry to symbolize standing against racial injustice. The day has been widely accepted by the public and other businesses, many of whom are posting plain black …

An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of George Floyd found that Floyd died from asphyxia caused by pressure to the neck and back, which stopped blood flow to his brain, attorneys for the family told reporters. Floyd also had no underlying health condition that contributed to his death, according to Dr. Michael Baden, one …

Former president Barack Obama decried the looting and burning of American cities in response to the death of George Floyd, saying it was “compounding the destruction” of inner-city communities and “detracting from the larger cause.” Obama pointed to a viral video of an elderly black Minneapolis resident brought to tears by the situation after rioters …

President Trump scolded governors from across the country over their collective response to the widespread riots in the wake of George Floyd’s death, telling them to “dominate” the situation with a heavy police presence and calling them “weak” for allowing looting and destruction to occur. According to multiple reports, the president — who did not …

The brother of George Floyd, the black man whose death in police custody last week has sparked several days of protests and riots across the country, is speaking out against the violence that occurred during the demonstrations. “I’m outraged too. Sometimes I get angry, I want to bust some heads too,” Terrence Floyd said Sunday on …

Senator Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Monday proposed invoking the Insurrection Act to quell the riots overtaking cities across the country. The 1807 law gives the president authority to order troops into the interior of the U.S. to put down rebellion. While use of the law is rare, then-president George H.W. Bush invoked the law …

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan alleged on Sunday that “white men” were responsible for many of the riots that have occurred in the course of protests over the death of George Floyd. “I want to acknowledge that much of the violence and destruction, both here in Seattle and across the country, has been instigated and perpetuated …

Cole Sprouse was arrested on Sunday during the Black Lives Matter protest in Santa Monica, Calif. The “Riverdale” actor, 27, described his experience via Instagram on Monday, writing: “A group of peaceful protesters, myself included, were arrested yesterday in Santa Monica. So before the voracious horde of media sensationalism decides to somehow turn it about …

J.R. Smith has gone from seeing red to feeling blue. One day after TMZ released a viral video showing an angry Smith beating up a man who allegedly vandalized his car on the street, the former Knicks guard says he regrets his actions in the heat of the moment. “When it happened, I seen red,” …

Kim Kardashian has offered financial assistance to a young woman shot with a rubber bullet by police while protesting. The SKIMS founder posted a public appeal to Twitter after seeing a picture of a protester’s grisly facial injuries. “This is heartbreaking and so disturbing,” Kardashian, 39, wrote. “Does anyone know how I can get in …