George Floyd protests spread coast to coast; SpaceX rocket launch signals hope for the future during difficult times Source

Rapper Killer Mike joined Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Friday night in an attempt to stem the violent protests raging through the city. The rapper gave an emotional plea for protesters to organize and vote for more progressive leaders to fight systemic racism — but he urged them not to destroy the city. Source

“If you want change in America, go and register to vote,” she said. “Show up at the polls on June 9th. Do it in November. That is the change we need in this country.” Source

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told protesters to “go home” after demonstrators set fire to a police car and vandalized a sign at the CNN center. “What I see happening on the streets of Atlanta is not Atlanta,” she said. Source

“In fighting for liberation there’s always retaliation. We must protect our Freedom Fighters,” Kaepernick said. Source

The Facebook founder said he has a “visceral negative reaction to this kind of divisive and inflammatory rhetoric.” Source

Protests rage across the country over the death of Floyd, a black man who died in police custody. Source

Dr. Ydelfonso Decoo is remembered by friends as a man who tirelessly fought to help his community. Now, Dr. Decoo’s life is being memorialized for all of those in New York City to see — in a massive mural painted in honor of the immigrant health care workers who lost their lives helping fight the coronavirus. Source

“The Great Influenza” author John M. Barry compares the COVID-19 pandemic with the deadly 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak and explains how American troops carried that earlier virus into Europe during World War I, on this week’s episode of “The Takeout with Major Garrett.” Source

“Keeping him here could be catastrophic for Ben and worse for Wacha,” the Bravo host said. Source