Celebrities React To The Shooting Death Of Alton Sterling By Police was originally published on blackamericaweb.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. NBA star John Wall simply tweeted Sterling’s name.
— John Wall (@JohnWall) July 6, 2016
5. 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
6. 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
7. Samira Wiley wants the media to “Say His Name.”
#AltonSterling. Say his name.
— Samira Wiley (@samirawiley) July 6, 2016
8. Karrueche shared her condolences.
Love and prayers to Baton Rouge #AltonSterling
— Karrueche Tran (@karrueche) July 6, 2016
9. Amy Schumer sent her love.
10. 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
11. 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