Published 17:28 IST, May 30th 2020
'Teen Mom' Cheyenne Floyd calls out co-stars for their 'silence' over George Floyd death
'Teen Mom' actor Cheyenne Floyd called out her all-white co-stars for remaining silent about George Floyd's death. Read on to know more details.
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Just days ago, news of George Floyd's death shocked everyone around globe. Many celebrities spoke out in support and condemned police department for ir alleged violent actions against victim. Amid all this, Teen Mom actor Cheyenne Floyd seemingly called out her co-stars for being silent over incident. Re on to kw more details:
Teen Mom's Cheyenne Floyd condemns her all-white co-stars for silence over George Floyd
George Floyd's death has caused global outr and Cheyenne Floyd has been vocal about ir opinions on incident. A few people seemingly asked her to be more considerate when tweeting because of her ex-Cory Wharton's white side. Taking her stand for that as well, she took to her social media to tweet about it.
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Cheyenne Floyd actively continues to tweet about incident and her recent tweet says that being black cant mean a death sentence. She also spoke about how it makes her emotional thinking about her nephew and kind of conversations she would have to have with him to teach him how to navigate through world as a man of colour. Many celebrities including Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Hailey Bieber, and more took to ir social media to take a stand on this.
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Sharing a quote from Martin Lur King, Jr on her social media, Kylie Jenner wrote that speaking out about such incidents has been long overdue and talked about how she worries about her daughter's future and wants her to have a safe life. Viola Davis spoke out about how people of colour are dictated by hundreds of years of policies that have restricted ir existence. Chance Rapper also wrote that those involved should be charged and convicted for murder of George Floyd.
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About incident
A 46-year-old African American man named George Floyd passed away on Monday, on May 25, 2020, after being handcuffed and pinned to ground by a police officer’s knee. incident was recorded by a bystander and went viral on social media inciting r from people all over globe. explosive foot led to an FBI civil rights investigation and firing of officer and three colleagues who were also at scene.
victims said in a media interaction that y treated George horribly and y should be charged with murder. case is still in progress and four officers related to case have been fired. latest news that has come in is that officer Derek Chauvin, man who was caught kneeling on victim's neck in video, has been arrested and charged with third-degree murder.
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17:28 IST, May 30th 2020