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Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Kimberly Jones says her powerful, eye-opening speech about the plight of black people in America came from feeling broken and hopeless — but says it’s exactly what everyone needs to hear. The activist joined “TMZ Live” Tuesday to discuss her now-viral video, in which she passionately explains the history of

Breaking News Joe Biden is in Houston to pay his respects to George Floyd, and also took time to sit and listen to George’s family members express their pain. According to the Floyd family lawyer, Ben Crump, the presidential hopeful met privately with George’s family and listened to them for more than an hour. Crump

Breaking News Mike Tyson is taking a knee … and it could mean the end of his longtime friendship with Donald Trump. The boxing legend posted the pic Monday morning — no caption needed. The message is clear. But, it begs an interesting question … will Trump go after Tyson the same way he’s gone

Play video content Exclusive President Trump‘s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is defaced again beyond recognition — and this time it appears a George Floyd protester left their mark. The star along Hollywood Blvd. was vandalized at some point this weekend with someone using black spray paint to completely black out the star.

Breaking News “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Donald Trump has got to go!” Steph Curry joined in that chant during a protest in Palo Alto, Calif. this weekend … making it crystal clear he believes the President is part of the problem in America. The NBA superstar and his family have peacefully marched along Northern California

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey had to make a “Game of Thrones”-style walk of shame when protesters turned on him for refusing to defund the police department. Mayor Frey was right in the thick of a Saturday demonstration when a protest organizer demanded a “yes or no” answer to this question: “Will you commit to defunding

President Trump is rallying troops around him, literally … soldiers are lining parts of the White House perimeter as the largest George Floyd protest yet is about to begin. More than 100,000 people are expected to rally in the National Mall Saturday to protest the killing of George Floyd, specifically, and police brutality in general.

President Trump‘s attempt to embrace George Floyd is clearly BS when you see what he retweeted — a claim from Candace Owens that Floyd is a symbol of black America’s “broken culture.” The President showed strong support for the conservative talking head’s disgusting beliefs with 2 retweets on Friday … promoting a theory she spewed

Breaking News Donald Trump says Drew Brees made a mistake by apologizing for his anti-kneeling comments — saying, “He should not have taken back his original stance on honoring our magnificent American Flag.” “OLD GLORY is to be revered, cherished, and flown high…” POTUS said Friday. “We should be standing up straight and tall, ideally

Play video content C-SPAN President Trump invoked the name of George Floyd while touting America’s economic comeback, and praising police response to looting and protests … by suggesting George would approve of all of the above. After POTUS gave proud shout-outs to the National Guard, Secret Service and Washington, D.C. cops for keeping the White

Along with the new fencing around the White House to keep protesters at bay, President Trump should have a good view of a city block-long painting spelling out Black Lives Matter. The local Washington D.C. government reportedly gave the green light to muralists to make the large BLM display along 16th Street NW … which

Play video content Live Stream Former President Barack Obama is making his first on-camera remarks about the death of George Floyd … and TMZ is streaming live. Obama is set to speak Wednesday during a virtual town hall sponsored by My Brother’s Keeper Alliance — an org that partners with his Obama Foundation. Barack is

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Bernice King has a message for the people who aren’t protesting in the streets right now — that’s perfectly fine … there are other ways to help. The youngest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King tells TMZ … being a protester requires a certain character and

George Floyd‘s hometown is honoring him, and joining the national cries for justice by staging a large, peaceful march rally and March on the streets of Houston. H-town rappers Bun B and Trae tha Truth joined throngs of people flooding Downtown Houston Tuesday for a march that ended at City Hall. George spent most of

Breaking News The Minnesota Department of Human Rights has filed a complaint against the Minneapolis PD in the wake of George Floyd‘s killing. Governor Tim Walz announced the launch of the civil rights investigation, which will look into last week’s incident involving the 4 officers who arrested Floyd … in which one of them, Derek

Play video content @anabananaaaah/Twitter President Donald Trump has declared war on peaceful protests, doubling down Monday night with military helicopters buzzing a crowd of protesters after soldiers pepper sprayed them and shot them with rubber bullets. Play video content AP It was a shocking scene … First, as Trump was delivering his law-and-order speech —

Someone needs to tell Donald Trump this is how it’s done. It’s not about firing rubber bullets and teargassing protesters — like he ordered Monday at the White House — it’s about cops and citizens finding some common ground, which is what happened in WeHo. An LAPD officer just took a knee with protesters in

Play video content Fox News President Trump says he is the President of law and order, and that’s why he’s deploying thousands of military troops to shut down rioters and looters … across the country, if necessary — but his first action was to have military and police pepper spray and shoot rubber bullets at

Play video content Breaking News CNN Donald Trump excoriated governors on a conference call Monday morning for not being way more aggressive with rioters. Trump was on a video conference call with various governors, and audio of the conversation leaked. Trump says the goal is “domination” over the rioters. Trump says Minnesota has become “the

Play video content FOX NEWS Donald Trump said something Saturday that is gonna be hard to swallow for millions of Americans … he said MAGA loves black people. Trump’s statement came just hours after he tweeted with glee how the Secret Service was about to open a can of whup-ass on demonstrators who were confronting

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Martin Luther King III says the rioters burning buildings over George Floyd‘s death have real reason to be upset with cops — but he’s still stopping short of condoning the violence. MLK3 tells TMZ … folks across the country, and particularly in Minneapolis, have a right to be frustrated and

Breaking News Former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with 3rd-degree murder and 2nd-degree manslaughter, and according to the complaint he created “an unreasonable risk and taking a chance of causing death or great bodily harm to George Floyd.” The D.A. announced the charges Friday and said Chauvin is in custody, but the

Amid the chaos, confusion and division being stoked by the current occupant in the White House, Barack Obama‘s voice of calm and reason is chiming in … calling George Floyd‘s death tragic and painful. The 44th President of the United States says what happened to Floyd “shouldn’t be ‘normal’ in 2020 America” … while also

Play video content Exclusive Details 1:29 PM PT — Sources connected to George Floyd’s family tell TMZ … the FBI contacted the family ahead of the news conference and said “justice will be done.” It sounds like they may announce charges. The FBI and local prosecutors in Minneapolis are about to hold a news conference

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Rep. Maxine Waters says George Floyd‘s killing has her thinking some police officers wake up thinking, “I’m gonna get me one today,” and she suspects George was this guy’s one. The Congresswoman from California joined us on “TMZ Live” and was outraged by Floyd’s death at the hands of police,

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Keisha Lance Bottoms believes the majority of Americans know the man in charge is “not very smart” … and she’s urging everyone to use common sense and good judgment to get through this pandemic safely instead of following his political lead … especially over masks. The Mayor of Atlanta joined

Breaking News President Trump is speaking out about the killing of George Floyd, saying federal law enforcement is on the case … and promising there will be justice. POTUS tweeted Wednesday about George’s death, saying … “At my request, the FBI and the Department of Justice are already well into an investigation as to the

Elections are about choices, and 2020 is shaping up to be an imagery choice — do you like your President with or without a mask? Trump paid tribute to fallen heroes Monday at Arlington National Cemetery and later Baltimore’s historic Fort McHenry, and he was true to form — no mask. He’s made it clear

Play video content @ladd_sarah It’s really frightening … a 2nd Amendment Kentucky rally the day before Memorial Day turned into an insane display of Governor Andy Beshear being hung in effigy. It makes no sense, other than some gun-toting fanatics wanting to whip the crowd into a frenzy. Around 100 people swarmed the Governor’s mansion

Donald Trump wants thousands of Republican delegates crammed into the convention hall in North Carolina … or else. Trump just tweeted he will move the Republican Convention out of North Carolina unless Governor Roy Cooper gives assurance the convention can operate at full capacity. Trump said, “Unfortunately, Democratic Governor @RoyCooperNC is still in Shutdown mood