Today (June 25), ex-police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 270 months, 22.5 years, for the murder of George Floyd. While he will serve time for his crime, the collective response from social media, unless you're a card-carrying bigot, is that the sentence was not harsh enough.
Vernon Jones played himself big time on Twitter.
Lil Baby and Ben Crump were also present for a meeting, which included talks with Vice President Harris.
Around all corners of social media, especially Twitter, many are remembering Floyd while continuing to champion his name and urge police reform as it relates to its response to Black citizens.
While no amount of money will suffice in the loss of a loved one, the family of Floyd reached a record settlement with the city to the tune of $27 million.
On Tuesday (Oct 27) PEN America announced they were honoring 17-year-old Darnella Frazier with the 2020 PEN/Beneson Award.
Though it seemed like his heart was in the right place at the moment, DeBonis took down the post after The New York Post reached out to him for comment on the matter.
West, a philosophy professor at Harvard University, was a guest on Cooper's CNN program and promoted a message of love while protests and outrage still persist.
Reverend Al Sharpton took the entire world to church!
In a show of solidarity and respect, the video game world is pressing pause on online gaming for George Floyd.
The service takes place after a week of global protests sparked by the Houston native's murder in South Minneapolis by police.
The conservative commentator and so-called "free thinker" has created a platform that ignores the truth that Black Americans face racial injustice in droves but believes the fervor around Floyd's death is overstated.