Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson and others join protests over death of George Floyd

Sonaiya Kelley
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LOS ANGELES, CA -- MAY 30: Los Angeles police contain protestors as they demonstrate at W 3rd St and S Fairfax Ave. in the Fairfax District on Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles, CA. The protestors demonstrate in response to the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Last night more than 500 arrests after looting and vandalism sweep downtown L.A. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles police contain protesters in the city's Fairfax District on May 30, 2020, as they demonstrate in response to the death of George Floyd. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

As protests erupted across at least 17 American cities in the wake of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police, celebrities including Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Nick Cannon, Ariana Grande, J. Cole and others joined the fray, marching in cities from Los Angeles to Fayetteville, N.C.

Some stars, including Halsey and "Insecure" actor Kendrick Sampson were reportedly hit by rubber bullets fired by police during a protest in Los Angeles.

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This is the clearest video I could find! You can see on my IG live they started beating my assistant, Mario (who showed up to stand with me - after I told him to go home ✊🏽) in the white shirt to my right. Then in this video, look closely, you can see them shoot him by ricocheting a rubber bullet off the ground then you can see me, process that shit, step in front of him and you can see several of them hit me multiple times with batons, then an officer aims straight at me, no ricochet, and shoots. And hits. That was one of 7 shots I took. They are excruciating. And they CAN kill. Go to my twitter, or my IG lives I have saved to my feed - you can see them beating, agitating and brutalizing several unarmed protesters after they started the aggression. Then you can see WOMEN, non-Black true ACCOMPLICES in the struggle- not allies - step in front to try to protect and deescalate. ✊🏽Unfortunately, they beat them with batons too. @mattmcgorry got hit. @jenniferlepps from @cpdaction got hit! THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. They were DESIGNED and FOUNDED for this. @ericgarcetti you are a TRASH ASS MAYOR for encouraging this in your city and unwaveringly standing with them. #DEFUNDPOLICE #ProsecuteKillerCops #ProsecuteKillerKKKops

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Other celebrities such as Jordan Peele, Trevor Noah, Will Poulter and Ava DuVernay took to social media to share their comments on the outrage.

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