Snoop Dogg And The Game Hold Peaceful Rally In Los Angeles
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In the wake of a terrible week for the US after the killings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, rappers The Game and Snoop Dogg have held a peaceful rally in LA.
Named Operation H.U.N.T. (standing for Hate Us Not Today), their objective was simply:
"To make the Californian government and it's law branches aware that from today forward, we will be unified as minorities and we will no longer allow them to hunt us or be hunted by us."
Videos from the march were shared on Twitter with author
and entrepreneur Karen Civil tweeting the whole thing.
As you can see, it went off without a hitch or even a remote threat of violence breaking out...
Snoop Dogg and The Game host peaceful rally in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/FOmpITcILr
- Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) July 8, 2016
March organized by @SnoopDogg and @thegame is 100% peaceful. Group is standing outside #LAPD headquarters, watching graduation from afar.
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
Should be Jeret, not Jerry. (Autocorrect!) He's a vocalist from South L.A.
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
"Today was supposed to be a happy day," @ericgarcetti tells newest #LAPD officers. "But we come here today with tears in our eyes."
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
In speech to newest class of #LAPD officers, Mayor @ericgarcetti decries violence in #Dallas. Calls it a "twisted and cowardly act."
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
I've gone to several #LAPD grads. Everything about today is different, from mood and remarks to peaceful marchers, led by Snoop, watching.
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
Hard to see, but back there is the crowd of marchers watching today's #LAPD graduation. pic.twitter.com/zFx3WPygjI
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
When @LAPDChiefBeck learned of last night's shooting in #Dallas, he tells his newest officers, "I was overtaken by sorrow and rage."
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
#LAPD officers, including 37 graduating today, wearing mourning bands on badges. Today, @LAPDChiefBeck says, a "symbol of a breakdown."
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
"This is not about black lives, this is not about brown lives, this is not about blue lives," @LAPDChiefBeck says. "This is about America."
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
Even on a "vastly different" day, @LAPDChiefBeck ends speech with same promise to new officers' families: "I will protect and serve them."
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
#LAPD graduation ends with newest officers tossing their hats. Families cheering, hugging. pic.twitter.com/sChEnh1FTJ
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
So Snoop Dogg is standing in the #LAPD lobby now.
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
Awaiting presser with @LAPDChiefBeck and @ericgarcetti. Snoop Dogg and others from march just walked into side room with mayor and chief.
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
After 45-minute meeting in #LAPD HQ... @LAPDChiefBeck: "It is time to put aside the things that divide us." pic.twitter.com/6Iz3SEEEve
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
.@thegame now speaks to reporters, intro'd by @ericgarcetti. "I woke up this morning, I was uneasy. I was saddened. I was angry," he says.
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
This is remarkable. @thegame says he never expected to meet with @LAPDChiefBeck, @ericgarcetti today. Police Commission president also here.
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
"Something needs to be done," @thegame says. pic.twitter.com/QEfl6tdYAf
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
.@SnoopDogg: marchers didn't know there was an #LAPD grad today. "This is even better," he says, because new cops know there is dialogue.
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
Could a #Dallas happen in L.A.? @LAPDChiefBeck: Part of why this group is here is because "we want to stop it from happening here."
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
.@LAPDChiefBeck in tears as he discusses "rage" he felt watching news of #Dallas.
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
.@LAPDChiefBeck says the group talked about rage they've felt over last week and the broken dialogue. "It can't be this way," he says.
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
.@LAPDChiefBeck is very emotional at today's press conference. Calls man who shot #Dallas officers an "assassin."
- Kate Mather (@katemather) July 8, 2016
Here's hoping what happened in Dallas is a one-off event
and peaceful protest can win the day.
Change is needed. Violence is not.
Words by George Pavlou
Featured image credit: The Game Instagram
Topics: Snoop Dogg, Black Lives Matter
