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Blackout Tuesday
June 2, 2020, protest against racism and police brutality / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Black Tuesday.
"Black squares" redirects here. For other uses, see Black Square.
Blackout Tuesday was a collective action to protest racism and police brutality.[1][2] The action, originally organized within the music industry in response to the murder of George Floyd, the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and the killing of Breonna Taylor,[3] took place on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Businesses taking part were encouraged to abstain from releasing music and other business operations.[4] Some outlets produced blacked out, silent, or minimal programming for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the originally reported length of time that police officer Derek Chauvin compressed Floyd's neck.
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