AMERICAN actress, Keke Palmer has earned the admiration of her fans and the entire Black community, as she confronted some soldiers during a heated protest moment on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.
In a viral video, which is circulating on social media, Palmer can be seen standing less than two feet from an armed military man, giving a passionate speech about the moment.
While asking the troops to march in solidarity with Hollywood stakeholders protesting against police brutality, Palmer said now is the time to “help” the people and “to stop the governmental oppression” taking place.
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“Saying ‘once the looting start, the shootings start’? You have the president talking about the Second Amendment as use for people to come out here to use firearms against the people who are protesting?” she began, referencing President Donald Trump’s recent comments about deploying the military on protestors. “
This is the messages that we’re seeing. I don’t know if you’re on social media because the news don’t tell you everything. But you have to pay attention to what’s going on or else, we have a president that’s trying to incite a race war. And with the borders are closed, we can’t leave.”
Then, the conversation took an unexpected turn, when Palmer tried to appeal to the soldier’s conscience.
“We have people in here that need your help,” she said. “This is when you and y’all standing together with the community, with society to stop, to stop the governmental oppression, period. We need you!”
A soldier responded: “I agree”
Palmer continued. “So, march with us. March beside us. You, go get your people.Y’all march beside us, march beside us. March beside us, let the revolution be televised, march beside us, and show us that you’re here for us! Make history with us! Let’s just do it, march with us. We’ll start marching, you march with us, please.”
“I can’t,” the military man responded.
Keke Palmer and the people around her continued to push the soldiers to join them in their protest, and it’s clear that their persuasion was starting to work. After some back and forth about whether or not the soldiers could leave their post to join the protest, the person filming Palmer simplified the ask: “Can you do me a favour? Can you do a favor? Can you take a knee?” he asked. And surprisingly, they went on their kneels.
Reactions
Palmer’s face-off against the soldiers, have however attracted wild reactions from social media users, with people heaping praise on her for being brave.
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