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Michael Bublé Pledges $100,000 to ACLU Via Fan Matching Challenge

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By Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter Michael Bublé has pledged $100,000 to the ACLU in a matching challenge to his fans “to be part of the solution to help seek justice and equal rights,” it was announced on Wednesday, June 3. “Along with the rest of the world, I watched in horror as a policeman literally took the breath out of George Floyd,” said Buble, speaking of the unarmed black man who was killed at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis. “This is not the kind of world I want my children to grow up in.

I stand in solidarity with the Black community and all people who seek justice and equal rights. I pray for the safety of the millions of peaceful demonstrators around the world in these devastating times — as they express

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