Sampson was in West Hollywood on Saturday afternoon for a demonstration his Build Power initiative co-organized with Black Lives Matter at Pan Pacific Park. Similar demonstrations around the country took place to protest the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minnesota police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes.
“We did an event together — peaceful, powerful, talking about defunding the police, talking about building power in our communities and what that really looks like. That’s what we were doing. We marched to the intersection at Fairfax, we were there for a bit. We closed it out with a chant,” he said.After the demonstration ended and some protestors marched on, Sampson explained he saw police getting more aggressive and decided to stay put instead of heading home.
“I wanted to make sure that folks weren’t getting brutalized because that’s what we do, we look out for each other. So I started a platform to make sure that people saw what was going on.” Upwards of 5,000 people watched Sampson’s live account as he stood face to face with police at the front lines of the protest.went live on Instagram from the same protest, sharing information on that platform and her Twitter account. Tinashe, Yungblud, Machine Gun Kelland actor Travon Free also marched in Los Angeles, while J.Cole also joined protests in his North Carolina hometown Saturday.
To bad they weren’t real bullets!
McClain_on_NFL Damn why they gotta call him Insecure?
McClain_on_NFL So what the point?
Ben_Mehlman Who cares
👎🏽👎🏽
IssaRae you seen this
goldietaylor I knew that was him. They were beating the hell out him with that baton.
RIOTS
To put him back in his place i-e a 2nd class black citizen in US of A holes. Hope he 'll remember that baton forever and the fact that whatever he becomes, he 'll always be a black first and human later. The sooner he realizes this, the better... Blacks need free state...
good
Is he alright?
He'll live🖤
Among thousand of protesters and this is 'I'm a celebrity and more important than you' energy.
more reason why the city has to be torn down
audreycleo Okay, 50cent was shot NINE TIMES WITH METAL BULLETS!
Oh my god an elite celebrity experienced real life. It’s tragic
I thought he looked familiar! Stay safe kendrick38 ❤️
vvillagomezz
Ya that's one of the risks of protesting lol
lots of people were hit
Maybe he should have went to a secure location.
Amongst... many others
Oh my god. I hope he is ok
All Hollywood actors are insecure lol. OH you meant a TV show?...
lots of people got hit. dont single one person out
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