HALSEY has claimed she was “hit with pellets and shrapnel” and “gassed” during protests over George Floyd’s death in Los Angeles over the weekend.
The singer said the police – who are seen in protective gear and holding batons in pictures posted on her Instagram story – “opened fire” at their “peaceful” protest.
She wrote: "we were peaceful hands up not moving not breaching the line. they opened fire of rubber bullets and tear gas multiple times on us. citizens who were not provoking them.
"most of us were simply begging them to have empathy. to reconsider. to consider humanity and our nations history and future. They opened fire multiple times. I was hit twice. Once by pellets and once by shrapnel. We were gassed repeatedly for hours."
She added: “the frontline will not relent. i will be returning.”
The musician – who was joined by her ex-boyfriend Yungblud – went on to post some video footage.
She explained: “We are standing here and doing nothing and they are still advancing”.
Addressing the police, she added: “WHO ARE YOU PROTECTING?”
Halsey later took to Twitter to clarify that she hadn’t been arrested during the protests.
She wrote: 'I WAS NOT ARRESTED. Im safe.
“There were ppl I had to get to safety as many of them have VISAs. Myself + many of my peers were shot, gassed + antagonized. The frontline was calm + did not provoke BUT MANY ARE NOT SAFE + MANY ARE IN CUSTODY.”
A number of celebrities have spoken out against the murder of George Floyd.
The death of Floyd in Minneapolis sparked protests throughout America, with demonstrators calling for an end to police violence.
Model and hot felon Jeremy Meeks was also spotted joining the hundreds of people protesting in Los Angeles on Saturday.
He went shirtless as he marched through an upscale Beverly Hills neighborhood with his fist in the air.Ex-NBA star JR Smith explains why he trounced a man who 'vandalized his car' during LA protests
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