NYC Paints ‘Black Lives Matter’ On Fifth Avenue In Front of Trump Tower

Amazon pulls ‘Redskins’ merch from shelves

(From NewsHero issue 135 available here)

Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York, the city’s first lady, Chirlane McCray, and the Rev. Al Sharpton joined workers and activists in painting the words “Black Lives Matter” in front of Trump Tower. (Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times)

🦸‍♀️ — Amazon, for dropping Redskins crap
🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️ — Breonna Taylor, those seeking justice in her killing
🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️ — Black Lives Matter

• Putting more pressure on the Washington Redskins NFL team to change its offensive name, Amazon announced it will pull all of the team’s merchandise from its online store, CNN reports. Because yes, you can still buy a ton of stuff that says “redskins” in giant letters on it.
• Previously unheard audio of interviews from the investigation of the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor reveals new details about the events leading to her death, as well as the sympathetic approach investigators took while scrutinizing one of their own, states NBC News.
• And NYC has done it, there’s a Black Lives Mural on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, right outside of Trump Tower, reports The New York Times.
  “Black lives matter in our city, and Black lives matter in the United States of America,” he said. “Let’s show Donald Trump what he does not understand. Let’s paint it right in front of his building for him,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio.

(From NewsHero issue 135 available here)

Sources:

• Amazon pulls Washington Redskins merchandise from site as calls to change team name escalate — CNN
• Pentagon leaders face grilling on use of military in unrest — AP News
• New audio of police interviews sheds light on police probe of fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor — NBC News
• A Plan to Make Police Data Open Source Started on Reddit — Wired
• N.Y.C. Paints ‘Black Lives Matter’ Mural in Front of Trump Tower — The New York Times