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#GeorgeFloydChallenge condemned by netizens, three teens arrested for possible hate crime

Facebook and Instagram have reportedly taken down photos related to the challenge.

Amid the Black Lives Matter activists and various celebrities showing support to anti-racism protests, George Floyd’s death has been mocked by online users through the #GeorgeFloydChallenge.

The challenge features mostly white teenagers reenacting Floyd’s last moments before he died. One person would pretend to be police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on another one’s neck who would obviously be the late George Floyd.

Human Rights advocate and Climate Change activist Mohamad Safa went on Twitter to post several photos of the said challenge.

https://twitter.com/mhdksafa/status/1268469677388378112?s=20

Online users called it ‘disgusting’ and ‘hateful’.

Facebook and Instagram have reportedly taken down photos related to the challenge. In an interview with the New York Post,  a spokesperson for Facebook said, “We are aware, and are removing these posts for violating our Community Standards.”

Meanwhile, the Newcastle Evening Chronicle reported that three teens were arrested on charges of possible hate crime after doing the #GeorgeFloydChallenge.

The photo was seen on Snapchat with the caption saying: “police brutality.”

The three, including the one who took the photo were arrested on accounts of “suspicious of sending communications that cause anxiety and distress.”

A spokesman for the Northumbria Police said that the teens could possibly be charged with hate crime. The three have since been released on bail.

Written by Charles Teves

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