This Week's UPDATES
Our Main Story this week will be the first thing we talk about on this post today. This has been a week in America which is for once not dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, in fact, I haven't and see heard how many people are dead because of the the virus. Instead, the news has been talking on and on about the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man who lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota and was dealing with the pandemic. He had recently lost his job due to Minnesota's stay-at-home order and lived his last day on May 25 (Last Monday). Just after 8PM, he was arrested for allegedly attempting to use a $20 bill in a deli, which an employee identified as counterfeit, this was brought to the attention of Minneapolis P.D. Preparing to leave in a car, Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on the road, while Officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, kept his knee on the right side of Floyd's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, Chauvin did not let go even after Floyd became unresponsive for 2 minutes and 53 seconds. The incident was recorded on smartphones of bystanders, Police stated that Floyd "physically resisted" after being ordered to exit his vehicle before the video was filmed, but Surveillance footage and the recorded video appeared to contradict those claims, as Floyd was shown falling twice while being escorted by the officers. Another witness recording the arrest showed that Floyd was repeating "Please", "I can't breathe", and "Don't kill me," then the police called for an ambulance after Floyd was unresponsive. Paramedics moved Floyd from the location and were doing chest compression and other lifesaving measures, and once he was taken to a medical center, he was pronounced dead at 9:25PM.
What I didn't mention before was there were four officers involved in the incident, they were all fired from Minneapolis P.D. the next day on May 26 and Chauvin was charged with Third-degree murder and Second-degree manslaughter. The death of George sparked protests and riots throughout the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area starting on May 26 (Last Tuesday) and would spread nationwide afterwards, these protesters realize that there's a pandemic and they're risking their own lives by not social distancing and staying at home. Four things I've never forget from these protests was: 1. A police precinct in Minneapolis was burned down by protesters, 2. A CNN reporter of color was arrested on live TV, 3. the CNN Headquarters in Atlanta being vandalized by protesters and 4. Police cars in New York City were plowing through protesters through in the streets. This country will never be the same after these protests and the pandemic, recovery will take never longer with both events taking place simultaneously and I can't imagine what things will look like next year. The following videos in this upcoming Web Choice playlist about to be shown are unreal and the images will be talked about for years to come and history books have their hands full on this one.
Minneapolis police station set on fire in George Floyd riots
Minneapolis police station torched during protest
Police arrest CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and crew on live television
CNN reporter Omar Jimenez released from police custody
Atlanta mayor makes emotional plea to protesters: This is chaos | USA TODAY
Protests Persist After Arrest Of Officer Involved
In George Floyd Killing | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
'None Of Us Can Be Silent': Biden Responds
To Outrage Over George Floyd's Death | MSNBC
The 7-Day Round-Up is sure to lighten the mood after a week of insanity, while I couldn't avoid anything involving COVID-19, there wasn't anything in here that discussed the protests and death of George Floyd as I created it all week.
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Sunday |
Gov. Cuomo says
professional New York sports teams can now start training camps. |
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Monday |
Joe Biden makes 1st public appearance in two
months on Memorial Day in Delaware. |
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Tuesday |
The NHL announces
plans to end its regular season and start a 24-team postseason. |
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Wednesday
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Walt Disney World Resort plans a July
re–opening for its four theme parks in Florida. |
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Thursday |
The 2020 Boston
Marathon is called off this year for the first time in 124-year history. |
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Friday |
Forbes magazine writes a report that Actress Kylie Jenner is no longer a billionaire. |
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Saturday |
J.K. Simmons will
reprise role of J. Jonah Jameson in multiple Spider-Man sequels. |
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Next Week, we will discuss both the NBA and NHL's plans to "returning-to-play' after both of their current season were put on hold, For now, let's look at some WWE results courtesy of the Max Sports Rundown with NXT Take Over: In Your House and Backlash looming on the horizon.
WWE
SmackDown results
- Sheamus last eliminated Jey Uso to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament Buy-In Battle Royal
- Sonya Deville vs. Lacey Evans ended in a double count-out
- Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss
- Shorty G defeated Cesaro
- Daniel Bryan defeated Sheamus in a WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament Semi-Finals Match
205 Live results
- Tony Nese defeated Tyler Breeze
- Tehuti Miles defeated Danny Burch
NXT TakeOver: In Your House match card
- Tommaso Ciampa vs Karrion Kross
- Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley vs Io Shirai in a Triple threat match for the NXT Women's Championship
- Finn Bálor vs Damian Priest
- Adam Cole vs Velveteen Dream in a Last Chance match for the NXT Championship. If Dream loses, he can no longer challenge for the NXT Championship while Cole is still champion.
- Keith Lee vs Johnny Gargano for the NXT North American Championship
Backlash match card
- Edge vs Randy Orton
- Drew McIntyre vs Bobby Lashley for the WWE Championship
- Braun Strowman vs The Miz and John Morrison in a Handicap match for the WWE Universal Championship
- Asuka vs Nia Jax for the WWE Raw Women's Championship
CELEBRITY of the WEEK
Ana Ortiz
Born:b January 25, 1971
Starred in Ugly Betty and January 25, 1971
Set to star in Love, Victor
That's your Celebrity of the Week, Make peace out there.
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