Ariana Grande, Paris Jackson, Porsha Williams, Ben Affleck and more hit the city streets to protest George Floyd’s death
Ariana Grande, Paris Jackson, Ben Affleck and other celebrities are hitting the streets to protest George Floyd's death.
Some stars, including singer Halsey, have claimed they were injured when the protests turned violent.
Ariana Grande
has been has been speaking out, and even heading out to protests.
Last week, the singer shared resources, donated money to foundations, and even posted positive messages on her social media.
She also took to the streets of with her and his friends to protest police brutality.
She said: "Hours and miles of peaceful protesting yesterday.
"All throughout Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, we chanted, people beeped and cheered along.
"We were passionate, we were loud, we were loving."
Ben Affleck
The 47-year-old actor has been vocal of his support for the BLM movement on his Twitter page since George's death.
On Tuesday, took to the streets of Venice Beach, CA to join a protest and held up a homemade sign that read "Black Lives Matter.
In another, he showed off the message: "Save First Baptist Church of Venice."
The Oscar winner was joined by girlfriend , 32, in the Los Angeles march.
Halsey
said she and ex-boyfriend Yungblud came face-to-face with police as they walked the streets of L.A.
She wrote: "We were peaceful, hands up, not moving not breaching the line.
"They opened fire of rubber bullets and tear gas multiple times on us. Citizens who were not provoking them.
"Most of us were simply begging them to have empathy. To reconsider. To consider humanity and our nation's history and future.
"They opened fire multiple times. . We were gassed repeatedly for hours."
The You Should Be Sad singer added: “The frontline will not relent. I will be returning.”
Halsey later took to Twitter to clarify that she hadn’t been arrested during the protests.
She was also spotted taking care of protesters who had gotten injured in the chaos.
Porsha Williams
Porsha Williams for multiple days as they all protested police brutality in .
The star - who held a sign reading "we matter!" - spoke to reporters at the protest.
said: “With everything that’s going on, today I’m just like anybody else.
“I am here to be a voice for the voiceless. What’s going on in black America is not ok.
"We are not ok. We just want to live."
Nick Cannon
Nick Cannon traveled to to walk alongside protesters.
The father of two, who penned a rap against police brutality and racism, even come face-to-face with police and militant groups.
He told : "I want us to focus on our humanity and dismantling racist systems that we don’t need that perpetuate crimes of inequality and oppress communities of color all over our country.
"We have to dismantle all of those systems that this country was built on."
Jeremy Meeks
The 36-year-old model was with his fist raised in protest.
Jeremy filmed the march on his Instagram Stories, showing the crowds chanting: "USA! No cops! No racist KKK!!"
The California native then told the camera: "No justice, no motherf***ing peace. Brought this on yourself.
"Prosecute or suffer the wrath of the people. The people are fed up. This is your guys' fault."
Leah McSweeney
RHONY's party girl in her native .
She told her fans: "The way I see this has to be a rebirth."
posted a video of smoke in the distance, and said there are "fires everywhere."
She said: "New York is literally on fire.
"The air is thick with gasoline. It's insane, there's broken glass everywhere."
Braunwyn Windham-Burke
protested in Los Angeles, near her home in Orange County.
She said: "We can’t be quiet anymore, we have to ask 'What can we do?'
"Then listen, learn and not be complacent. So I’m asking, 'what can I do?'"
She also shared scenes from the protests, and claimed it was "scary" as she and her friends were surrounded "by white supremacists" who were "instigating."
The mother of seven also applauded the protestors for keeping things peaceful and police officers for avoiding any confrontation.
Paris Jackson
was also spotted walking with fellow protesters in L.A.
The late Michael Jackson's only daughter wrote: "Today started out so beautifully, seeing people come together with peace and harmony in their hearts.
"It broke my heart to see it all go up in flames. Violence is not the answer.
How do we expect to bring our world up to a happier and higher and healthier way of living if we’re stooping as low as those that committed the crimes we’re protesting?
"Peaceful protest only!"
Machine Gun Kelly
was also spotted walking alongside protesters as they marched the streets of Los Angeles.
The 30-year-old singer and filmed scenes of the protests.
He told his followers: "If you look like me and you have racism in your heart, on your mind, and coming out of your mouth, f**k you.
"I'm ashamed of you. If you enjoy my music or you like my movies, I don't want you watching, I don't want your business. F**k you.
"I don't want nothing that's part of the evil agenda, that's not what our generation's legacy is gonna be so I'm drawing a line and I'm asking people to step up and speak out for our fellow people going through all this hell right now.
"And encourage good, you know, let our kids grow up in a world where they're not scared to leave their f**king house or their cars or be running down the streets."
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The death of , 46, in sparked with demonstrators calling for an end to police violence.
Officer Derek Chauvin was kneeling on Floyd's neck for eight minutes as he pleaded, "Please don't kill me" and said "I can't breathe," before losing consciousness.
and second-degree manslaughter in the case.