Chance the Rapper, Questlove, Blood Orange, More React to Philando Castile and Alton Sterling Shootings

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Chance the Rapper, Questlove, Blood Orange, More React to Philando Castile and Alton Sterling Shootings

On Wednesday evening, a Minnesota police officer shot and killed Philando Castile, a 32-year old black man, during a traffic stop. Castile was shot as he reached for his wallet. His girlfriend, Lavish Reynolds, was in the car, along with Reynolds’ daughter. The aftermath of the incident was captured on camera by Reynolds, and the video has spread through the news. Castile’s death follows the killing of Alton Sterling, a black man who was shot by police outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge. Video of that shooting was captured by a bystander, and has also spread through the news. Over the last day, artists such as Chance the Rapper, Drake, Questlove, Blood Orange, Killer Mike, Shamir, the Game, John Legend, and more have offered their thoughts on the shootings. 

These guys murdered this man with his 4 year old daughter in the backseat? Is there any situation where police get arrested? Or convicted?

— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 7, 2016

If you’re a Judge, or a politician or a fellow officer with a Conscience, what does it tell you to do? As a human being what do you feel?

— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 7, 2016

As a man, you can always do/say something. https://t.co/5mcfXCLSG4

— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 7, 2016

🤔 1) Africa isn’t a country 2) I’m an American citizen 3) My ancestors built this country and I’m restructuring it. https://t.co/yXjMhEoZ2T

— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 7, 2016

.@NRA we know that NOONE fights so hard for “the right to legally bear arms” more than you do. That said… #PhilandoCastile? Anyone?

— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) July 7, 2016

S T O P. K I L L I N G. U S.

— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) July 6, 2016

I can’t stop thinking about Alton Serling

— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) July 7, 2016

No no no no no no I can’t do this anymore

— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) July 7, 2016

#WhereIsLavishReynolds #WhereIsLavishReynolds #WhereIsLavishReynolds #WhereIsLavishReynolds #WhereIsLavishReynolds #WhereIsLavishReynolds

— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) July 7, 2016

Haven’t brought myself to watch #philandocastile shooting. Not sure I can stomach it RN. Tired. Not surprised. Numb. Angry. But I must.

— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) July 7, 2016

I just watched the #philandocastile video. Shaking. And she’s still calling this “officer” sir the whole time. https://t.co/fotX2Uh5ay

— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) July 7, 2016

We should not have to jump through hoops to prove black people shouldn’t be shot by police during routine traffic stops.

— John Legend (@johnlegend) July 7, 2016

We have fucking video proof and some of you still are all “well, uh, he shouldn’t have moved his left leg so provocatively”.

— John Legend (@johnlegend) July 7, 2016

So many people work so hard to find a reason why executing a human being during a routine traffic stop is ok. IT’S NOT OK

— John Legend (@johnlegend) July 7, 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

Like i never like to touch on this cuz i hate negativity but im tired of seeing my people being drained of our culture then killed

— Shamir (@ShamirBailey) July 7, 2016

Cultural appropriation and systematic racism goes hand & hand, end that then you can have ur cornrows https://t.co/Z1ljVdRkHs

— Shamir (@ShamirBailey) July 7, 2016

lynchings were public to keep a class system based on race intact in the Jim Crow south. Public Executions by Police 2day do the same.

— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) July 7, 2016

All we gone do is repost it & type “SMH” over & over again huh ?? Then we gone put #JusticeForAltonSterling & #BlackLivesMatter hashtags on Instagram & pretend that’s us taking action huh ??? What happened to the generation of people who stood together, held hands & took to the streets peacefully or violently if it had to come to that & wouldn’t move or be detoured from that stance until real results were handed over to us ?!?!? Huh ??? WTF is wrong with us these days that we will sit here & watch a video of yet another innocent man shot & killed in cold blood by police officers in this country ?!?!? WTF is wrong with ME, YOU & everyone else who will watch the video & read this caption & DO NOTHING until it happens again… Then what we gone do ?? The same shit we been doing… Hashtag #JUSTICEFOR[insert name here__________] & #BLACKLIVESMATTER when it really seems that they don’t at all… & if #BLACKLIVES don’t even matter to #BLACKPEOPLE why the fuck would they matter to anyone else ?!?!?!? What on earth is wrong with US ?!?!?!? But lemme stop so we can get back to turning up, dab’n & hittin “them folks” while this man lay dead in a county morgue for selling some fucking CD’s & asking what he was being detained for ?!!?!?!?!? NAW, fuck this……. WE AINT HAVIN THIS SHIT NO MORE !!!!!!!!!!! #THETIMETOFIGHTBACKISNOW !!!!! #MartinLutherKing got shot on a fuckin balcony because he wasn’t scared to stand up for our parents, grandparents & US…. The reason our black asses can even do 1/2 the shit we do is because that man sacrificed his life along with many others so we could….. & we ain’t even got enough heart to stand together as a RACE & pay them back !!!! #IMNOTSCARED #FAKECARINGASSGENERATION #WHOELSEOUTTHEREGONEFAKECARE ??? #WEAINTGONEDOSHITBUTREPOSTANDHASHTAG #SCARYASSRACE #AMERICAREMOVED

A video posted by The Game (@losangelesconfidential) on Jul 5, 2016 at 11:10pm PDT

What are you going to do when you’re the last BLACK MAN on earth ?!?!? That’s a question that someone is going to have to answer one day if they keep killing us like this !!!! #PhilandoCastille shot in cold blood as he sat next to his girlfriend after reaching for his identification as instructed by the officer SMFH !!!! & as soon as his girlfriend posted it… FACEBOOK removed it & DELETED her page !!!! They are exterminating us like we are fuckin rats out here people !!!!!!! I don’t have anything cool, educated or peaceful to say… This shit is really fucking krazy !!!!! I cannot believe that a day after #AltonSterling is murdered…. Another white cop kills another BLACK MAN while complying !!!! We are DOOMED whether we stand up or not !!! We don’t care like our grandparents & parents did !!!! We are weakened by this new age & purposely blinded by these mothafuckas while they KILL US ALL ONE BY ONE !!!! ITS TAKING EVERYTHING INSIDE ME NOT TO FUEL MY RAGE !!!!!!! THEY DONT HAVE MUCH LONGER !!!!!! CAN YALL NOT SEE WTF THEYRE DOING TO US ??? WE ARE DYING PEOPLE…… DYING !!!

A video posted by The Game (@losangelesconfidential) on Jul 6, 2016 at 10:04pm PDT

What the government is doing amongst our people is downright disturbing but not surprising. With all of the conflict and propaganda, I believe they are simply trying to start a civil war within the USA amongst black & white. They are simply pushing us to our limit so that we can all get together and rebel so that it makes it easier for them to kill us (black people mostly and anyone who acts out against them). Alton Sterling and those alike are happening everyday in this country. The scary part is MOST of these stories don’t make it to the news and reach the mass consciousness. It is for sure time that we as a people stand up for human rights and rebel against the system unapologetically. I just want everyone to be cautious about how they go about it because this is all a part of the governments plan… They are literally begging for this to happen so they can kill us off faster using uprising and rebellion as the excuse.. The cancerous foods, the chemical warfare, and the economic suffering is not working fast enough for them. They are many steps ahead of us in manifesting the future that they want for this country. We have to work together in not only battling them on a physical plane but to outsmart them on an intellectual mental level. As black and low income people, I think our gangs need to do a better job at protecting our communities and not assisting in destroying them. Who do we call when the police break the law?? We are so quick to pick up a gun and kill one another but not quick enough to pick it up and protect one another for our human rights. The code words to killing black men by police is “he has a gun!” That gives them the rights and incentives to shoot and most of the time it’s just a cellphone, wallet or a downright lie!. But what about them? They all got guns so what should we do because it’s always been clear that they don’t value our lives and that they want to harm us. My people are suffering and it’s been way too long. I’m tired of people acting like this isn’t happening and I’m tired of putting up these hashtags every time another story hits the media… What are we going to do? When will true justice be served?

A photo posted by joZif BADMON [💰💰] (@joeybadass) on Jul 6, 2016 at 6:14pm PDT

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