UPDATE 1-'Am I going to get shot?' kids ask, as brands try to explain racism and violence to children
June 06, 2020 at 13:13 PM EDT
For 8 minutes and 46 seconds - the time it took George Floyd, an unarmed black man, to die at the hands of Minneapolis police - cable TV kids channel Nickelodeon's screen went black on Tuesday to sounds of inhaling and exhaling, as white text flashed "I can't breathe."