We cannot believe this already happened again.
As we previously reported, a 37-year-old father-of-five named Alton Sterling became a victim of Police Brutality early Tuesday morning when cops in Baton Rouge, Louisiana pinned him to the ground and shot him in the back at least five times despite not even having a weapon in his hands.
Unfortunately, Alton’s death was not the only murder of a black man to happen this week, because 32-year-old Philando Castile was shot by police four times during a routine traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota on Wednesday night.
Related: Jesse Williams & Other Celebs React To Alton Sterling’s Murder
Once he was shot, Philando’s girlfriend Diamond Reynolds immediately began streaming the incident on Facebook Live, where she claimed the officer shot her boyfriend when he was reaching for his ID, just as the officer commanded. In fact, Philando even told the officer who shot him that he had a concealed carry permit just to be safe… but why isn’t the NRA defending his 2nd Amendment rights??
While Philando and Alton were both taken too soon, both incidents were caught on video, which means celebrities and everyday people alike are closer to these stories than ever before.
As such, celebs who support the Black Lives Matter movement have spoken out about Philando’s killing on social media, saying:
Watching two different people being murdered on camera by police is no way to wake up. #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling
— Laverne Cox (@Lavernecox) July 7, 2016
#BlackLivesMatter #BlackLivesMatter #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile 🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/9Tu6eGdjOK
— Normani Kordei (@NormaniKordei) 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
Keep posting until those who are silent are moved to do something!!! WE ARE NOT MAKING THIS… https://t.co/ASFDjfFKo5
— Taraji P. Henson (@TherealTaraji) July 7, 2016
The cop who murdered #AltonSterling will not pay for it. The cop who murdered #PhilandoCastile will not pay for it. #BlackLivesMatter
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) July 7, 2016
I’m so hurt!! WHY!!! How!!! In front of a child, then handcuff the mother. I’m in tears. #FalconheightsShooting
— Cynthia Erivo (@CynthiaEriVo) July 7, 2016
I wish the MEDIA would stop posting senseless info this week and focus on important issues. This country needs HELP. #559?
— Danielle Brooks (@thedanieb) July 7, 2016
How are we waking up to this again today? Just don’t understand #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/u7RElXvJRF
— Aaron Tveit (@AaronTveit) July 7, 2016
*BREAKING*: my heart. #PhilandoCastile
— Anika Noni Rose (@AnikaNoniRose) July 7, 2016
This just broke my heart into million pieces… What has this world turn into? #FalconHeightsShooting https://t.co/2oBQDRSjAy
— Lady Gaga (@KingLadyGaga) July 7, 2016
#FalconHeightsShooting I feel sick man. I can’t even watch that video. 559. Smh goodnight
— Amber Patrice Riley (@MsAmberPRiley) July 7, 2016
Smh! What is the world coming to! A child in the car to? Really! If u have a heart u gotta feel this😰 so many emotions!
— Missy Elliott (@MissyElliott) July 7, 2016
Now #PhilandoCastile !?!? Stop this madness.
— Andy Cohen (@Andy) July 7, 2016
All you “All Lives Matter” folks. Will you stand for him!? Will you stand for #PhilandoCastile?!?!? Do it. Prove you care about All Lives.
— Tracie Thoms (@traciethoms) July 7, 2016
All you “Dont you take my guns” folks. Are you going to stand for #PhilandoCastile?! A licensed gun owner shot over a broken tail light?
— Tracie Thoms (@traciethoms) July 7, 2016
This IS systemic. We MUST DO BETTER. My heart goes out to the families of #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastile May they both Rest In Peace.
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) July 7, 2016
Today I am not proud. Today I take action though I feel helpless. We can’t stand for it! #blacklivesmatter #AltonSerling #PhilandoCastile
— Connie Britton (@conniebritton) July 7, 2016
There are so many broken, backwards issues at play here it’s numbing to digest. #PhilandoCastile #AltonSterling #blacklivesmatter
— josh groban (@joshgroban) July 7, 2016
Another day, another hashtag. You didn’t deserve this, brother. You didn’t deserve this. #PhilandoCastile
— NE-YO (@NeYoCompound) July 7, 2016
I wanna sleep but I can’t, my heart hurts, my mind is racing and I feel deep sadness #FalconHeightsShooting https://t.co/b9YkoFJ7L1
— Jason Kennedy (@JasonKennedy1) July 7, 2016
This is not acceptable. One more life taken. One more family heartbroken. Another fatherless child. Accountability. #PhilandoCastile
— Susan Sarandon (@SusanSarandon) July 7, 2016
😢😢😢😢RT @tinydaniela: I am sick to my stomach. #FalconHeights #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/p38CeUffHQ
— Holly Madison (@hollymadison) July 7, 2016
#PhilandoCastile 🙏🏾 #AltonSterling: How many more? pic.twitter.com/KgTz5KfOec
— B. Scott (@lovebscott) July 7, 2016
If you still don’t believe there’s a problem with racism in this country… we don’t know what to tell you.
Rest in peace, Philando.
[Image via Facebook and WENN.]