Celebrities React To The Shooting Death Of Alton Sterling By Police was originally published on globalgrind.com
1. The world is outraged after a video surfaced on Tuesday night of a Baton Rouge, Louisiana police officer shooting and killing an unarmed Black man who was selling CDs outside of a Food Mart. Sterling was shot multiple times in the chest and back and died immediately.
2. Zendaya was one of the first celebs to react on social media.
How many more times must this happen for us to matter? How many more must we lose?
— Zendaya (@Zendaya) July 6, 2016
BLACK. LIVES. MATTER. #AltonSterling
3. Diggy Simmons shared his feelings on Twitter.
This really hurts man... #AltonSterling #RIP
— Diggy (@diggy_simmons) July 6, 2016
4. Wiz Khalifa has a message for the people.
5. NBA star John Wall simply tweeted Sterling’s name.
— John Wall (@JohnWall) July 6, 2016
6. Justin Timberlake pleaded for the killings to stop
HAS. TO. STOP. Devastating. https://t.co/C9Q0YePRMr
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) July 6, 2016
7. Iggy Azalea tweeted for justice
8. Nick Jonas shared his thoughts
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
9. Activist Deray Mckesson shared his disbelief.
#AltonSterling could've been me, or you, or my uncle, or my father. & they killed him so easily. It was just so easy for them to kill him.
— deray (@deray) July 6, 2016
10. Samira Wiley wants the media to “Say His Name.”
#AltonSterling. Say his name.
— Samira Wiley (@samirawiley) July 6, 2016
11. Karrueche shared her condolences.
Love and prayers to Baton Rouge #AltonSterling
— Karrueche Tran (@karrueche) July 6, 2016
12. Amy Schumer sent her love.
13. NBA star Jeremy Lin expressed his frustration.
Foreal though wth?!? The #AltonSterling video makes me sick...its gettin out of control!! #blacklivesmatter #thisworldneedsprayer
— Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) July 6, 2016
14. Angie Martinez expressed her shock.
Watching a murder on twitter is not ok man. Heartbreaking. And Infuriating. God help us all. #AltonSterling
— Angie Martinez (@angiemartinez) July 6, 2016
15. Bernie Sanders suggests a solution
When somebody is killed while in police custody, it should automatically trigger a DOJ investigation. #AltonSterling https://t.co/pf95AxS1JX
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) July 6, 2016
16. Busta Rhymes vented on Instagram.
