Blackout Tuesday was a collective action to protest racism and police brutality.[1][2] The action, originally organized within the music industry in response to the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor,[3] took place on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Businesses taking part were encouraged to abstain from releasing music and other business operations.[4] Some outlets produced programming of blacked out, silent or minimal programming for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time Derek Chauvin's knee compressed George Floyd's neck before he was killed.