Rihanna and Beyonce: music icons react to death of George Floyd by a white police officer

May 31, 2020 / Entertainment / By Tosin Abayomi

Female music icons Rihanna and Beyonce have reacted to the death of George Floyd by a white police officer Derek Chauvin.

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The statement on the official Instagram of Rihanna said, “For the last few days, the magnitude of devastation, anger, sadness I’ve felt has been overwhelming to say the least! Watching my people get murdered and lynched day after day pushed me to a heavy place in my heart! To the point of staying away from socials, just to avoid hearing the blood curdling agony in George Floyd’s voice again, begging over and over for his life!!! The look of enticement, the pure joy and climax on the face of this bigot, murderer, thug, pig, bum, Derek Chauvin, haunts me!! I can’t shake this! I can’t get over an ambulance pulling up to an arrest, a paramedic checking a pulse without removing the very thing that’s hindering it! Is this that fucking normal??? If intentional MURDER is the fit consequence for “drugs” or “resisting arrest”….then what’s the fit consequence for MURDER???!

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Beyonce on the other hand took to her official Instgram account to urge her fans to sign a petition, He said, ” If you want to demand more charges brought on all those involved in the death of George Floyd, click the link in my bio to sign the petition.”

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