Numerous US stars are campaigning for police reforms in the United States following the death of George Floyd. In New York, for example, Rihanna (32), Ariana Grande (26), Justin Bieber (26), Billie Eilish (18), Demi Lovato (27) or Nas (46) campaigned for a petition and signed an open letter. The petition was successful in just a few days, like New York's governor Andrew Cuomo, 62, on Wednesday in a tweet.
More transparency in police violence
The petition calls for "the responsibility of those who serve and protect their oath to be violated in order to get justice for those who fall victim to their violence". For this, paragraph 50-A must be abolished, which complicates the transparency of police violence.
Governor Cuomo writes on Twitter about the partial success: "The innumerable calls for reform one us and were heard." Accordingly, the New York legislature voted to repeal paragraph 50-A and Cuomo will sign the relevant law later this week. The change provides for documented misconduct by officials to be made publicly available.