“Insecure” actor Kendrick Sampson was hit by police’s rubber bullets while protesting George Floyd’s death in Los Angeles on Saturday. While the actor went live on his Insta…
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.
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