Celebrities React To The Shooting Death Of Alton Sterling By Police was originally published on theboxhouston.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. D.L Hughley spoke out on cops wearing body cams.
Maybe it's just me, but it seems like every time a cops body cam doesn't work a black person dies! #AltonSterling #TeamDl
— DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) July 6, 2016
7. Justin Timberlake pleaded for the killings to stop
HAS. TO. STOP. Devastating. https://t.co/C9Q0YePRMr
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) July 6, 2016
8. He continued.
This IS systemic. We MUST DO BETTER. My heart goes out to the families of #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastile May they both Rest In Peace.
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) July 7, 2016
9. Iggy Azalea tweeted for justice
10. 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 JONɅS (@nickjonas) July 6, 2016
11. 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
12. Samira Wiley wants the media to “Say His Name.”
#AltonSterling. Say his name.
— Samira Wiley (@samirawiley) July 6, 2016
13. Karrueche shared her condolences.
Love and prayers to Baton Rouge #AltonSterling
— Karrueche Tran (@karrueche) July 6, 2016
14. Amy Schumer sent her love.
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. Tyler James Williams shared his thoughts
And yet again....like clock work.... #AltonSterling
— Tyler James Williams (@TylerJamesWill) July 6, 2016
19. Busta Rhymes vented on Instagram.
