JAY-Z Buys Full-Page Ads Across the U.S. in Dedication to George Floyd

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The ad includes a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 address in Selma.

had spoken with Minnesota Gov. Tim WalzFour officers were fired last week for their roles in the incident, and Derek Chauvin -- who was recorded on video holding Floyd down by the neck with his knee -- was taken into custody by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on Friday, Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington stated, per CBS News.

"After our very earnest conversation, thank you to Governor Walz for doing what's right and calling in Attorney General Keith Ellison to take over the George Floyd case," JAY-Z wrote on Instagram on Sunday."Earlier today, Governor Walz mentioned having a human conversation with me -- a dad and a black man in pain. Yet, I am a human, a father and a black man in pain, and I am not the only one.

The rapper said that he and an"entire country in pain" are calling on Ellison"to do the right thing" and to prosecute those culpable"to the fullest extent of the law." "This is just a first step," JAY-Z continued."I am more determined to fight for justice than any fight my would-be oppressors may have."

"I prevail on every politician, prosecutor and officer in the country to have the courage to do what is right," he wrote."Have the courage to look at us as humans, dads, brothers, sisters and mothers in pain and look at yourselves."

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