June 22 Black Lives Matter protests

Rev. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, told reporters at today's public visitation for Rayshard Brooks that "none of us are safe until all of us are safe."

He added: "I’m very hopeful though. Because there is this multiracial coalition of conscious pouring out into American streets saying that we’ve got to address this age old virus of racism that we are one people and that in a real sense, none of us are safe until all of us are safe. Your children are not well unless my children are well."

Brooks was shot and killed on June 12 by an Atlanta police officer.

His funeral will be held on Tuesday at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Warnock will provide the eulogy.

It's 5:30 p.m. in New York, and 2:30 p.m. out West.

It has been nearly a month since George Floyd's death in Minneapolis, which sparked the ongoing Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the US and around the world. Here's a look at the latest headlines:

This post was updated to accurately reflect the circumstances surrounding Brooks' death.

The English Premier League club Burnley released a statement condemning a banner reading "WHITE LIVES MATTER BURNLEY" that was seen flying over Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, ahead of the team's match against Manchester City.

Emmett Harper, who lives in a flat near Manchester’s Etihad Stadium where Manchester City is playing Burnley, told CNN he saw a plane flying over the city pulling a banner that said “White Lives Matter Burnley."

Harper said he saw the plane flying over the stadium just before the game for about 10 minutes.

Players for both teams are wearing "BLACK LIVES MATTER" on the back of their jerseys.

Here's Harpers' tweet:

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace posted a selfie video to his Instagram ahead of today's race at Talladega Superspeedway. The caption on the post simply reads, "together."

Earlier, many other racers joined together in a display of solidarity for Wallace, the only Black NASCAR racer, by walking down the track behind his #43 car.

A noose was found in Wallace's garage stall on Sunday at the Alabama racetrack. Authorities are investigating the incident.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized Senate Democrats for “agonizing over whether to block” the GOP’s Justice Act, adding that the “only way” to conference the Republican Senate policing bill and the House Democrats' bill is by passing Sen. Tim Scott’s bill in the Senate.

McConnell pointed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s comments last week that she’d like to end up in conference on police reform legislation.

He continued to say that he hopes his Senate Democratic colleagues will yield to “the American people’s hunger for progress. We’re gonna find out when we vote later this week.”

A key test vote on the Senate Republican police reform bill is expected Wednesday, but Democrats will have to provide at least seven votes to begin debate on the bill.

Some background: House Democrats and Senate Republicans are on a collision course over policing reform, despite a bipartisan consensus that action is necessary amid nationwide protests and civil unrest in response to high-profile episodes of police misconduct.

Major differences between the legislative proposals from Republicans and Democrats are likely to create hurdles to any attempt to get legislation across the finish line in Congress and to the President's desk.

The emerging GOP plan has a major emphasis on incentivizing states to take action. The Democratic plan, in contrast, has a heavy emphasis on setting national standards, such as mandates for federal uniformed officers to wear body cameras and banning chokeholds.

Many NASCAR drivers, pit crew members and others were seen showing support for fellow driver Bubba Wallace ahead of the GEICO 500 race at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama today.

In a video tweeted by NASCAR Executive Vice President Steve O’Donnell, Wallace’s #43 car is being followed and pushed down pit row by a large procession of people. The national broadcast also showed the sign of support.

Wallace was emotional while hugging his fellow drivers. He took a selfie with what appeared to be the entire pit row standing behind him. 

Some background: On Sunday, a noose was found in Wallace's garage at the speedway. Wallace, the only Black NASCAR driver, has been a outspoken supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests against racism and police brutality. NASCAR has said it is investigating the incident, along with the FBI.

A public viewing has begun for Rayshard Brooks at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Brooks — a father of 3 young girls and a 13-year-old stepson — died after he was shot on June 12 by an Atlanta police officer, who had responded to a Wendy's following reports that Brooks was asleep in his car in the drive-through lane.

A private service will be held at 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Martin Luther King Jr. served as a co-pastor from 1960 until his assassination in 1968. 

King's daughter, the Rev. Bernice A. King, will speak at Brooks' funeral. Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church and a Democratic candidate for US Senate, will provide the eulogy.

Brehanna Daniels, the first Black woman to join a NASCAR pit crew, said hearing the news about a noose being found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall made her “very angry.”

“This is not what NASCAR represents at all because we’re a family at NASCAR and we don’t do things like this. So, I hope whoever is involved with placing the noose in Bubba’s garage gets … what they deserve and they’re banned forever,” she told CNN’s Brianna’s Keilar.

Wallace, the only Black driver in NASCAR's top circuit, has been an outspoken advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement and the corresponding protests against systemic racism and police brutality. He wore an "I Can't Breathe" shirt before one event, repainted his car with the "Black Lives Matter" phrase and called on NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag, which the organization agreed to do June 10.

Daniels said that Wallace’s garage was an area that not a lot of people had access to, especially since fans are not allowed at racing events currently, which “makes it more interesting to learn about who really is behind this.”

She said that there are not many cameras around the garage areas and that means it had to be somebody who's a part of some of the teams. "It had to be somebody who was in the garage area who was behind this," Daniels said.

"I hope NASCAR finds out who this person was so we can just remove them altogether because that’s not what NASCAR’s about," she said.

The Department of Justice is looking into the incident.

"The U.S. Attorney's office for the Northern District of Alabama, FBI and the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division are reviewing the situation surrounding the noose that was found in Bubba Wallace's garage to determine whether there are violations of federal law," US Attorney Jay E. Town said in statement.

As for Daniels this latest incident hasn't dampened her spirits about the sport.

Watch full interview:

The second largest school district in the nation will re-evaluate the role of school police on its campuses. 

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner assembled a nine-member task force that will present its initial recommendations to the school board in August and will finalize its report by the end of the year. 

“No person should feel the presence of a safety officer on campus is an indictment of them or their character, students deserve to be heard in this topic, and their views taken into account,” said Beutner in his weekly address to the school district community.

He vowed to take a balanced look at various arguments for keeping or abolishing campus police and clarified that the school district police is not contracted through municipalities, Los Angeles Police Department, or the sheriff’s department. 

Los Angeles Unified School District serves more than 600,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade at more than 1,000 schools across the county.