‘Black Lives Matter’: The cast of ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ donates $100,000 to bail protesters
The series by Michael Schur and Dan Goor “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” launched in 2013 on Fox with Andy Samberg in the lead role. Image: AFP Relaxnews
“The cast and showrunner of Brooklyn 99 condemn the murder of George Floyd.”
With these words, Dan Goor, the co-creator of the sitcom about a New York police unit “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”, announced on his Twitter a donation of $100,000 to the National Bail Fund Network, an organization that gets demonstrators in the current wave of protests out of jail.
#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd https://t.co/mwCLtdpW0p pic.twitter.com/Z8HRCTvZD3
— Dan Goor (@djgoor) June 3, 2020
The action sent a strong signal from the cast playing Brooklyn borough police officers, who wish to voice their support for the many protesters who took to the streets across the United States in anger at police violence and racist treatment of black citizens in the country.
The showrunner and actors also encouraged internet users to contact a local organization that supports demonstrators who are under arrest.
For her part, actress Stephanie Beatriz, who plays the role of Detective Rosa Diaz in the NBC comedy also donated $11,000 to support the Black Lives Matter protest movement through the organization Community Justice Exchange.
I’m an actor who plays a detective on tv.
If you currently play a cop?
If you make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in residuals from playing a cop?
I’ll let you do the math. (Thanks @GriffLightning for leading the way). pic.twitter.com/Xxf3dU0urF
— Stephanie Beatriz (@iamstephbeatz) June 2, 2020
The actress unveiled her donation on her Twitter while thanking Griffin Newman, the “Blue Bloods” actor, who was the first to call on colleagues playing police officers to fight for social justice.
I’m an out-of-work actor who (improbably) played a detective on two episodes of BLUE BLOODS almost a decade ago.
If you currently play a cop?
If you make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in residuals from playing a cop?
I’ll let you do the math. pic.twitter.com/En4ww2OSjP
— Griffin Newman (@GriffLightning) June 2, 2020
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