Actor Kendrick Sampson Shot With Rubber Bullets 7 Times During George Floyd Protest In LA

As protest against racial injustice and police brutality continues, many Hollywood celebrities have taken to streets to decry the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minneapolis, who died after a white police officer pinned him to the ground with his knee on his neck.

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Actor Kendrick Sampson of Insecure fame said he was shot seven times with rubber bullets by police in Los Angeles.

The actor went live on Instagram to show his view of events. Simultaneously, he was also seen on a CNN broadcast with viewers watching him get hit by a police baton on TV.

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¡°They shot me four times already. I already got hurt and I got hit with a baton,¡± Sampson said in the video on Instagram.

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Another clip shows him moving away from the police, as he appeared to be hit by an officer's baton.

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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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"Y'all ain't see no police f*****g up white folks when they took guns to the statehouse,¡± he said, referring to an incident in Michigan over coronavirus restrictions, not in California. 'Y' all didn't see police attacking white folks, beating em up with batons, shooting them with rubber bullets when they brought guns to f*****g state houses. We came up here with no weapons, with masks.¡­ And we're the ones who are not peaceful," he alleged.

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Let¡¯s #DEFUNDPOLICE and use those resources for alternatives to incarceration, unarmed, non law-enforcement first responders, mental health care, covid relief, education, housing - NEW SYSTEMS built on wellness and centering and caring for the most vulnerable in our society. #defundthepolice #prosecutekillercops

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Actor John Cusack also claimed that Chicago Police officials charged at him with batons as he was recording a video of a burning car amid the protests and riots in the city in the wake of George Floyd's death.

"Cops didn't like me filming the burning car so they came at me with batons. Hitting my bike," Cusack captioned the clip.

Cops didn¡¯t like me filming the burning car so they came at me with batons. Hitting my bike.
Ahhm here¡¯s the audio pic.twitter.com/tfaOoVCw5v¡±

¡ª John Cusack (@johncusack) May 31, 2020

Though the video didn't clearly show the action, Cusack alleged that the police can be heard striking his bicycle with batons. "Alright, alright," the actor is heard replying.

In another tweet, Cusack said he had also been "hit by pepper spray" during the protests.

From Beyonc¨¦ to Oprah Winfrey, several celebrities have been encouraging fans to continue to raise their voices.