CrossFit CEO Out, ‘Cops’ Gone, Covid Spread Fears: Protest Wrap

(Bloomberg) -- A renewed focus on racial equality sparked by George Floyd’s death is costing some executives their jobs. CrossFit’s CEO is the latest. Meanwhile Black Lives Matter has arrived in the entertainment industry, forcing a reckoning over whether some of the iconic titles that networks and streaming services paid millions to rebroadcast are worth having at all anymore. The White House reportedly warned mass protests could hurt the virus fight. Floyd, meanwhile, was mourned in his childhood home of Houston on Tuesday. Following the funeral, Floyd’s golden casket was taken by hearse to a nearby cemetery, where he was to be entombed next to his late mother he cried out for in his final breaths.

Key developments:

• ‘Cops,’ ‘Little Britain’ Cut After Protests Put Spotlight on TV
• CrossFit CEO Resigns After Protest Tweet That Cost Reebok Deal
• NY Governor To Sign Law Making Police Personnel Records Public
• DC National Guard Members Said to Test Positive for Covid-19
• AFL-CIO Votes to Keep Ties With Embattled Police Union
• Navy Moves to Ban Confederate Flag From Ships, Bases
• Why ‘Defund the Police’ Is a Plan With Many Meanings: QuickTake
• Tracking 30 Years of Police Racism and Public Backlash: Timeline

Here’s the latest from QuickTake:

The Reverend Al Sharpton addressed mourners at Floyd’s funeral in Houston.

The protests that began in America have spread across the world.

In Minneapolis, where Floyd died, the city council has pledged to disband the embattled police department.

Read more here about the debate over police reform in Washington amid election season:

Senator Kamala Harris, a potential choice to be Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick, is among those in Congress calling for reform. On Monday, House and Senate Democrats proposed a sweeping police-reform bill. Read more about it here:

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