Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, and Keke Palmer are the latest celebrities to join the protests in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and other organizations.
said he was arrested while protesting in Santa Monica on Sunday. He posted about the experience on Monday, writing that he wouldn't be talking about it anymore so as not to draw "attention away from the leaders of the #BLM movement."
"It needs to be stated that as a straight white man, and a public figure, the institutional consequences of my detainment are nothing in comparison to others within the movement," Sprouse wrote in his post. "This is, and will be, a time about standing ground near others as a situation escalates, providing educated support, demonstrating and doing the right thing."after a commenter called protesters "rioters and criminals.
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