Chance The Rapper Responds To Philandro Castile Killing: “Is There Any Situation Where Police Get Arrested?”
In the past two days, we’ve seen two videos of black men needlessly dying at the hands of police, and artists, like the rest of us, are left staring at their social media feeds and wondering how the fuck any of this is going to stop. Last night, Drake posted an open letter about the murder of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge. And today, Chance The Rapper has been tweeting about the killing of Philandro Castile in Minnesota, wondering what it’s going to take to see any of these officers prosecuted and punished for these senseless deaths. Here’s what Chance has written:
These guys murdered this man with his 4 year old daughter in the backseat? Is there any situation where police get arrested? Or convicted?
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 7, 2016
If you're a Judge, or a politician or a fellow officer with a Conscience, what does it tell you to do? As a human being what do you feel?
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 7, 2016
As a man, you can always do/say something. https://t.co/5mcfXCLSG4
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 7, 2016
It’s going to take a lot more than tweets from artists, or blog posts like this one, to change things in this country. But it’s something.