Sam Newman has been widely slammed after calling slain US man George Floyd “a piece of sh*t” in a scathing attack after AFL players supported the Black Lives Matter movement. To that, Newman responded by writing: ‘Stop pulling your d*** Harry, you were never asked to come on the Footy Show. - Demonstrators gathered on May 27 for a second night of protests over the killing in the US city of Minneapolis of a handcuffed black man by a policeman who held him to the ground with a knee on his neck. Newman then tore shreds off Floyd in reference to the 46-year-old’s criminal history. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Floyd was later pronounced dead while in police custody after being transported to Hennepin County Medical Center. Stephanie Beatriz, who plays Rosa Diaz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, wrote: “Thank you for tagging me. Login with your Facebookor Linkedin account, ‘The Footy Show’ Is Facing Calls To Sack Sam Newman For Calling George Floyd A “Piece Of Shit”, Serial Idiot Sam Newman Is Once Again Being Handed A Regular Slot On Aussie TV, In One Fell Swoop, This Nats MP Managed The Dumbest Post On Black Lives Matter & Abortion. “The protest was about police brutality, then it morphed into all those other things then they came out and said it’s about racism here and Aboriginals. “I’m an out-of-work actor who (improbably) played a detective on two episodes of Blue Bloods almost a decade ago” he wrote. His autopsy found high levels of fentanyl in his system and evidence of recent use of methamphetamine which the initial examiners said ‘contributed to his death’. if (typeof siteads.queue !== 'undefined') { Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Because they don’t see us as human. ‘He has been in jail five times, he held up a pregnant black woman with a knife, he’s a drug addict, he’s a crackhead and he’s a pornstar.’, Polarising media personality Sam Newman (pictured) has refused to apologise for his rant about George Floyd that cost him his 35-year career with Channel Nine, ‘He’s dead because of the police brutality and it never should have happened. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. Newman weighed into the debate about the season after Essendon’s round three clash against Melbourne was postponed, with Bombers players ordered to self-isolate until they can be tested again this week. Coronavirus outbreak is not yet a public health emergency of international... We’ve not done much on female genital mutilation, 11 Incredible Ailments You Never Knew Bitter Kola Could Cure, 12 Amazing Foods That Increases A Woman’s Breast Milk. He has been in jail five times, he held up a pregnant black woman with a knife, he’s a drug addict, he’s a crack head and he’s a porn star.”. Other people who played cops in school plays also donated to their chosen Black Lives Matter organisations. His most serious offence was aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, in which he and other suspects forced themselves into a woman’s home and Floyd held a pistol to her abdomen. Chauvin has been fired, arrested and charged with third degree murder and manslaughter. Take a spell!,’ one man commented. For what it’s worth, the “porn star” quote is a largely unfounded claim, attached to a spate of social media posts seeking to smear Floyd’s character. Sam Newman reveals he's been flooded with death threats and told his grandchildren will be 'raped by felons' after controversial George Floyd comments Alana Mazzoni For Daily Mail Australia 23/06/2020 Start your Independent Premium subscription today. I’ll let you do the math.”, He added the hashtag: “#BlueActorsActBlue.”. Sam Newman has unleashed in an extraordinary rant against the man whose death inspired the Black Lives Matter movement - labelling George Floyd a … He claimed Newman didn’t see black people as ‘human’. Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired after a video taken by a bystander was posted on social media showing Floyd's neck being pinned to the ground by an officer as he repeatedly said, "I cant breathe". 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I know how they feel. siteads.queue.push( {"site":"pedestriantv","pagetype":"article","ad_type":"article","sec":"news","amp":false,"article":"sam newman george floyd comments","article-tags":["Sam Newman","George Floyd"],"native":["null"],"paid":"true","has_jw_player":"false","ad_location":"mobile-mrec","targeting":{"ptv-pos":"2"},"provider":"google-dfp","element_id":"ad-slot-mobile-mrec-1904809699"} ); Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired after a video taken by a bystander was posted on social media showing Floyd's neck being pinned to the ground by an officer as he repeatedly said, "I cant breathe". Newman’s contract was due to expire at the end of 2020 and he insisted that his withdrawal was not unexpected, revealing he felt change was ‘in the wind’ five years ago, blaming the current ‘politically correct, woke age’. You have entered an incorrect email address! Co-host Mike Sheahan then shot back: “And he’s dead”. Newman’s followers immediately began tagging in actors who have played or are currently playing police officers in TV shows and films, including the cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Law & Order. He insisted he was talking about Floyd’s criminal record and that people should have focused on condemning police brutality. Newman took issue with players kneeling before games last weekend, a stance taken by athletes around the world to support those protesting police brutality. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. “This week, Channel Nine and Sam Newman, ahem, ‘mutually parted ways’ after Newman called the late George Floyd a crackhead, a pornstar and a piece of s**t,” Hunt said. An ”out-of-work” actor who played a police officer in a US drama has urged actors who make money from playing cops to donate to anti-racism charities in the wake of George Floyd's death. I said ‘I don’t believe they know why they were kneeling’ and this was confirmed by an unlikely ally in a bloke called Joel Wilkinson (former Gold Coast player), who said the AFL was ‘hypocritical’ on the racism stance and the kneeling was borne from George Floyd accusing them of police brutality and inspired by Colin Kaepernick – that’s what I said. Sam Newman labels George Floyd a 'piece of s**t' Sam Newman has come under fire for his controversial comments made about George Floyd. The comments were met with fierce backlash on social media as many called for him to be pulled from television. siteads.queue.push( {"site":"pedestriantv","pagetype":"article","ad_type":"article","sec":"news","amp":false,"article":"sam newman george floyd comments","article-tags":["Sam Newman","George Floyd"],"native":["null"],"paid":"true","has_jw_player":"false","ad_location":"mobile-mrec","targeting":{"ptv-pos":"1"},"provider":"google-dfp","element_id":"ad-slot-mobile-mrec-3207362640"} ); Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired after a video taken by a bystander was posted on social media showing Floyd's neck being pinned to the ground by an officer as he repeatedly said, "I cant breathe".
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