Nickelodeon goes off air for same duration as George Floyd’s assault by police officer

Nickelodeon has gone off air for almost nine minutes in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter protest.

On Monday, 5 p.m. Pacific Time, or Tuesday, 8 a.m. Philippine Time, the children’s television network paused its scheduled programming for exactly eight minutes and 46 seconds, the same amount of time Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck as the latter repeatedly begged, “I can't breathe.”

 

 

 

 

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we are all part of the change #blacklivesmatter?? join us at 6p ET, 5p PT? ?????????????????????????

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Jun 1, 2020 at 2:00pm PDT

Nickelodeon’s screen turned orange and its “Declaration of Kids' Rights,” including the right “to a world that is peaceful”and the right “to be treated with equality, regardless of the color of your skin,” flashed on the screen.

READ: Fil-Am PBA players take a knee, demand justice for George Floyd

The children's television network announced the news on Instagram prior to the moment of silence and shared that they are doing this “in support of justice, equality and human rights.”

It wrote, “We are all part of the change #blacklivesmatter.”

Apart from Nickelodeon, many big-scale companies such as Nike and Adidas condemned racism after Floyd died at the hands of police officers.

Multiple large-scale protests erupted in the United States and other countries, demanding justice for Floyd and an end to police brutality against the Black community. – Kaela Malig/RC, GMA News