Brooklyn Nine-Nine Star Calls On Actors Who Play Cops To Donate To Bail Fund - As The Cast Gives BIG!

Actors who play cops are doing their part to help out as people worldwide continue to protest police brutality.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine actress Stephanie Beatriz took to Twitter on Tuesday to urge actors who play law enforcement officers to donate to the National Bail Fund Network, revealing she donated $11,000 to the non-profit organization herself.

Sharing a screenshot of her donation receipt on Twitter, the actress, who stars as Detective Rosa Diaz on the popular sitcom, called on other actors who earn a paycheck by playing cops to do the same. She wrote:

“I’m an actor who plays a detective on tv. If you currently play a cop? If you make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in residuals from playing a cop? I’ll let you do the math. (Thanks @GriffLightning for leading the way).”

A screenshot of her donation receipt to The National Bail Fund, which aims to mitigate incarceration rates through bail reform, reads:

“Thank you for making a contribution to the #FreeThemAll Emergency Response Fund. Your donation will be distributed to a local bail/bond fund in the National Bail Fund Network to get someone free from jail or immigration detention during the COVID-19 crisis.”

Beatriz wasn’t the first cop portrayer to make a donation in support of social justice reform. The actress was inspired by The Tick star Griffin Newman, who urged those who play cops on screen to help out with a donation.

He wrote on Twitter Monday:

“I’m an out-of-work actor who (improbably) played a detective on two episodes of BLUE BLOODS almost a decade ago. If you currently play a cop? If you make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in residuals from playing a cop? I’ll let you do the math.”

Newman went on to share a screenshot of the donations he made to Community Justice Exchange and several ActBlue charities, revealing he donated a total of $11,000.

In a follow-up tweet, he added:

“Blue. Actors. Should. Donate. To. Act. Blue. #BlueActorsActBlue.”

Way to get the ball rolling!

Griffin’s message didn’t just inspire Beatriz: countless fans and followers also made donations of their own — not to mention, the entire cast of Brooklynn Nine-Nine!

Cast members like Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, and Melissa Fumero took to their social accounts on Tuesday to reveal that they, along with their showrunner Dan Goor, made a donation of $100,000 to The National Bail Fund.

They shared in a joint statement:

“The cast and showrunner of ‘Brooklyn 99’ condemn the murder of George Floyd and support the many people who are protesting police brutality nationally Together we have made a $100,000 donation to the National Bail Fund Network.”

Ch-ch-check out their full statement (below):