Cop Says He Played Taylor Swift Song to Try to Block BLM Protestor’s Video From YouTube, Ploy Backfires
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital EditorA California police officer played Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” in an attempt to prevent a Black Lives Matters activist from uploading a video to YouTube — in the belief that the platform’s copyright-detection system would block it.It didn’t work.In fact, the video in question was not only shared successfully on YouTube, it has gone viral — garnering widespread attention because of the controversy.On June 29, BLM protesters gathered at the Alameda Country courthouse in Oakland, Calif., before a pretrial hearing for Jason Fletcher, a former police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter for shooting and killing Steven Taylor, a Black man, inside a Walmart store in 2020.As captured on video, an officer from.
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