Date 08/07/2016 - News People
The shooting deaths of two black men at the hands of police in the matter of days has led to an outcry nationwide, and celebrities were among those expressing their anguish in social media. Beyonce released one of the most powerful statements on the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile on her website on Thursday, praying for "an end to this plague of injustice in our communities." rapper Macklemore called on other white people to react: "The systematic oppression that enables a murder like this, will be corrected once white people care enough to change it." John Legend tweeted: "We should not have to jump through hoops to prove black people shouldn't be shot by police during routine traffic stops."
