Nargis Fakhri joins 'Black Lives Matter' protest in Los Angeles; says, 'It was peaceful'

Nargis Fakhri has been self-isolating in Los Angeles amid coronavirus outbreak. However,  actor recently shared a few pictures on her social media where she is seen joining ‘Black Lives Matter’ protest. Nargis Fakhri also posted videos of masses protesting in favour of Black community in Los Angeles.

Nargis Fakhri posted a series of pictures and videos on her Instagram. In first picture, she is seen standing with her dog in middle of ro with a poster that says, “Black Lives Matter”. Nargis Fakhri also posted a video where people are seen walking on ro with ‘Black Lives Matter’ posters in ir hands. In last two pictures, actor urge people to vote. She also shared election dates in different cities. Nargis Fakhri captioned picture, “🖤 06-02-2020 ✊🏿 This morning & afteron was peaceful.” se protestors have been seeking justice against death of George Floyd.

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Hollywood singer Halsey joined protest

George Floyd's tragic death has taken world by storm and people have been coming out to show ir support for African-American community with posts on social media as well as in-person on streets. Recently, singer Halsey also joined a protest rally to raise her voice against brutal death of George Floyd. singer later revealed that she was shot by rubber bullets multiple times during protest rally. 

Halsey attended 'Black Lives Matter' rally on Saturday, May 30 in Los Angeles. She also live-streamed from protest and shared clips of various clashes with police. Halsey shared a few videos on her Instagram story from march where she could be heard saying that y were standing peacefully while police were still vancing towards m.

Joining Halsey in protest was Yungblud and Kenrick Sampson. latter also claimed that he was struck by rubber pellets shot by police. Halsey, herself, referred several times that police used rubber bullets and tear gas on peaceful crowd. She said she was hit twice, once by a rubber bullet and second time by shrapnel. On Sunday, she took to her Twitter account to clarify that she was t arrested during protest and was safe although many were t. 

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About George Floyd's death

George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, died in Minneapolis earlier last week. As per reports, on May 26, Floyd was arrested by local police in Minneapolis for unspecified charges. A tussle is said to have broken out between George Floyd and police officials, which resulted in Floyd after being subdued for several minutes by a police officer. In a video that went viral on internet, officer was seen pressing his knee against Floyd's neck who was seen gasping for air before turning motionless.

In viral video, 46-year-old can be seen repeatedly saying 'I can't brea.' He was prounced de same day. George Floyd's death triggered protests in various parts of US, including in California, New York, Ohio and Coloro. Reportedly, police officer Derek Chauvin and three or officers - Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J Alexander Kueng - were later fired by  Minneapolis Police Department. According to reports, on Friday, Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. 

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