Rihanna, Kanye West, Zendaya, Dawn Richard And More Respond To The Shooting Of Alton Sterling
On Tuesday (July 5), Alton Sterling was fatally shot by two police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sterling was selling CDs beside a convenience store when the officials approached him and shot him multiple times for reportedly making threats. He was 37 years old and a father of five.
In light of this tragedy, many celebrities like Rihanna, Kanye West and Drake have taken to social media to share their reactions.
Read some of their responses below.
You can’t just go on with your day, you must watch this & we must face this continual outrageousness #ALTONSTERLINGhttps://t.co/NqW3aVSZ1j
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) July 6, 2016
RIP Alton Sterling 😢 #howmanymore
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HAS. TO. STOP. Devastating. https://t.co/C9Q0YePRMr
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) July 6, 2016
Alton Sterling https://t.co/60yQnwT2T4
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 7, 2016
This is so disturbing and wrong. My thoughts and prayers are with the family and loved ones of #AltonSterling
— Nick Jonas (@nickjonas) July 6, 2016
Praying for justice & peace in #AltonSterling case. Leadership roles(i.e. police) MUST require real accountability. The pattern MUST change💔
— hayley from Paramore (@yelyahwilliams) July 6, 2016
Look I erased 5 drafts. I didn’t even wanna watch this edit of this execution. But I’m just… https://t.co/FOLN5ZAvAX
— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) July 7, 2016
Are you paying attention? #AltonSterling was MURDERED like so many others. Do you believe the DOJ will DO anything? I don’t. Rise up.
— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) July 6, 2016
what are the next actions to STOP this. words aren’t enough anymore. #AltonSterling
— D∆WN (@DawnRichard) July 6, 2016
How many more times must this happen for us to matter? How many more must we lose? BLACK. LIVES. MATTER. #AltonSterling
— Zendaya (@Zendaya) July 6, 2016
we get that our lives don’t matter to but can you at the very least stop killing us so we can continue to create the things u appropriate
— Shamir (@ShamirBailey) July 7, 2016
S T O P. K I L L I N G. U S.
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) July 6, 2016
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