Published 17:30 IST, June 3rd 2020

Henry Cavill joins #BlackOutTuesday, shares a powerful 'Superman' quote

The Superman actor Henry Cavill took to his Instagram to show his support for Blackout Tuesday movement by quoting the movie. Read more to know about it.

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tragic death of an African American man George Floyd has brought attention of entire world on issue of racism. A lot of celebrities have come ahe and supported worldwide black lives matter protests. A lot of Hollywood actors like Emilia Clarke, Hugh Jackson, Samuel Jackon, etc. Participated in Blackout Tuesday movement. latest celebrity to join list is Hollywood actor Henry Cavill. Henry Cavill has quoted one of  dialogues from his movie Superman to show his support to Blackout Tuesday movement.

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Henry Cavill supports Blackout Tuesday with Superman's quotes

To show ir solidarity towards Black Lives Matter protests, celebrities all over world started Blackout Tuesday movement on social media. Blackout Tuesday movement involves sharing a picture with an all-black background. Henry Cavill took to his Instagram and shared a picture on Blackout Tuesday which h a quote from movie Superman in it.

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picture shared by Henry Cavill res as, “re is a right and a wrong in universe, and that distinction is t hard to make – Superman”. quote is surely relatable with current scenario around world regarding death of George Floyd and black lives matter protests. Henry Cavill also supported equality in caption of post. He captioned post as, “#BlackOutTuesday #rmalizeEquality Le, Teach, Learn, Involve, Evolve. Toger let's rmalise equality.”

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Black lives matter protests

George Floyd’s brutal death happened on May 25, 2020. video of whole incident involving some police officers was recorded by a passer-by and was widely circulated on social media. In video, a police officer is seen kneeling and putting all his body weight on George Floyd’s neck. George Floyd’s pleas resonated across street as he screamed "I can't brea". After a while, he went motionless under officer who was still kneeling on his neck.

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tragic death of George Floyd has led to protests that have spre like wildfire all over United States. This incident invited severe criticism from people all over world. George Floyd’s death has brought ahe of subject of racism and movement #BlackLivesMatter to forefront once again. Ever since news broke, Black Lives Matter protests have been taking place in whole world. Reports suggest that police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck until he passed away was fired and arrested.

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17:30 IST, June 3rd 2020