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Published 16:07 04 Jun 2020 GMT
The cast and showrunner of popular series, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, have donated 100,000 to The National Bail Fund Network in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Showrunner Dan Goor and the cast made the announcement on social media, writing "The cast and showrunner of Brooklyn 99 condemn the murder of George Floyd and support the many people who are protesting police brutality nationally."
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George Floyd, a black man, was arrested by Minneapolis police on Monday, May 25, for reportedly using a counterfeit $20 note in a store.
While being detained, ex-cop Derek Chauvin - a 19-year veteran of the force - knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
Protests, both peaceful and violent, have since erupted across the US and in major cities across the world.
Yesterday, the charge against Chauvin was elevated to second-degree murder, court documents show. And the other three officers, previously uncharged, now face counts of aiding and abetting murder.
Last week, Floyd's family released a statement calling Chauvin's arrest a "welcome but overdue step on the road to justice” and added that members “expected a first-degree murder charge".
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"The pain that the black community feels over this murder and what it reflects about the treatment of black people in America is raw and spilling out on to streets across [the country]," the statement added.
The statement concluded by saying:
"Today, George Floyd's family is having to explain to his children why their father was executed by police on video. It's essential that the City closely examines and changes its policing policies and training procedures to correct for the lack of proper field supervision; the use of appropriate, non-lethal restraint techniques; the ability to recognize medical signs associated with the restriction of airflow, and the legal duty to seek emergency medical care and stop a civil rights violation."
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