Gospel singer Kirk Franklin announced his boycott against the Dove Awards and the Trinity Broadcasting Network after the broadcaster censored Franklin's award speech. "During my speech, I brought attention the murder of Atatiana Jefferson in her home by a white police officer," Franklin said in his Instagram video. "I asked everyone in the audience and those viewing to join me in prayer for not only Atatiana's family, including her 8-year-old nephew who witnessed the killing, but also for the family of the police officer. Last week, during the airing of the awards on the same network, again, that part of my speech was edited out." The censorship comes three years after Franklin won the same award in 2016, and discussed the "civil unrest" following Philando Castille and Walter Scott's deaths and five Dallas officers that were killed by a sniper. That part was edited out as well.
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