Billie Eilish slammed the concept of “white privilege” in a scathing Instagram post on Saturday. In a profanity-laced message, the “Bad Guy” singer sounded off on “white privilege” and the phrase “All Lives Matter” which many feel is an affront to the Black Lives Matter movement and people who face racial injustice. “I’ve been trying to take this week […]

Billie Eilish slams ‘white privilege’ and ‘All Lives Matter’ on Instagram: ‘I’m going to lose my f***ing mind’

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Actor Kendrick Sampson joined other Angelenos over the weekend in protests demanding justice after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other African Americans at the hand of police officers throughout the country. For complete coverage of the situation in Minneapolis visit CBSMinnesota.com and stream CBSN Minnesota.  Sampson, who has starred in ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder” and HBO’s “Insecure,” shared on social media that police fired seven rubber bullets at him on Saturday. “He didn’t try to ricochet the bullets of the ground,” Sampson said on Twitter. “He pointed the gun DIRECTLY AT ME. I actually got hit 7 times with rubber bullets and many with batons.” #LAPD brutally attacked my friend #KendrickSampson today (he’s ok). They raised their BATONS against the right one. Because he will have all their jobs by Monday ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 @kendrick38 🖤🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/W10A5J0cxa — Steven Jones® (@iAMSTEVEJONES) May 31, 2020 Sampson reshared a video of his encounter with officers on social media, which was seen on CNN. He said he had to be treated at an ER for his injuries, which he shared pictures of on Instagram. Sampson described his activism in a Variety article published Monday titled, “Why I Am Protesting To Defund Police.” Other celebrities posted online about their involvement in Black Lives Matter protests, including Ariana Grande, who tweeted, “We were passionate, we were loud, we were loving.” hours and miles of peaceful protesting yesterday that got little to no coverage.all throughout beverly hills and west hollywood we chanted, people beeped and cheered along. we were passionate, we were loud, we were loving. cover this too please. #BLACKLIVESMATTER https://t.co/vD90CEtF94 pic.twitter.com/GZ6uKDfPM7 — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) May 31, 2020 Halsey, who tweeted about her experience protesting in the L.A. area as well, encouraged protesters to come prepared with medical supplies in case they get hit with rubber bullets. Alcohol, disinfectant, gauze for excessive bleeding, non stick gauze pads and medical tape, eye pads, butterfly bandages, cold packs, neosporin, bandage scissors, tweezers and ace bandages. https://t.co/p7UAuq5f8e — h (@halsey) June 1, 2020 Nick Cannon, Lil Yachty, J Cole and other top names were also pictured protesting in various cities.

‘HTGAWM’, ‘Insecure’ Actor Kendrick Sampson Says He Was Hit With Rubber Bullets 7 Times During George Floyd Protests In LA

What happened in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the 25th of May was wrong in every sense of the word. But what followed, hasn’t been a perfect model of justice either. I won’t comment on what happened. Everyone knows that. But I sure would like to talk about what didn’t! When that ghastly act was being committed, […]

Justice For George Floyd? Why?

Well, this isn’t a surprise. What was a surprise was the exculpation of the cops by the state’s medical examiner, especially in view of that video showing a man repeatedly saying he couldn’t breathe. CNN reports the results of an independent autopsy (click on screenshot): An excerpt: An independent autopsy found that George Floyd’s death was a […]

Independent autopsy: George Floyd died of asphyxiation

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