Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude

Search

24 Tweets by Jesse Williams on Race and Police Explain Exactly What’s Wrong With Society and Law Enforcement

Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams is anything but “just an actor.” Some people have called Williams the next Harry Belafonte. Williams’ activism goes beyond the keyboard, and he practices what he preaches offline through his work with the Advancement Project, an organization focused on civil rights.  Suggested Reading How White Christian Nationalism Co-Opted Nicki Minaj Deaths…

By










Published

Grey’s Anatomy star Jesse Williams is anything but “just an actor.” Some people have called Williams the next Harry Belafonte. Williams’ activism goes beyond the keyboard, and he practices what he preaches offline through his work with the Advancement Project, an organization focused on civil rights. 

Suggested Reading

Video will return here when scrolled back into view
view video
‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Dish on What It Takes to be True Bad Boys

On Wednesday evening, as Williams was still trying to make sense of what happened to Sandra Bland during and after that traffic stop in Texas, he tweeted about the unfairness of the justice system, especially in terms of race.

https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623983255591596032https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623983346629001217https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623983403914805248https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623983454032564225https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623983707200684033https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623983993935937536https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623984144326856704https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623984411562749952https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623984520610447360https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623984651510530048https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623984781034811392https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623984944713314304https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623985138360160256https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623985281776005120https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623985399308750848https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623985468682604544https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623985645526986752https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623985916944609280https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623986057420214273https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623986216623407104https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623986425722093572https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623986976241266688https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623987078624219138https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/623987435031007233

If only Bland knew how many people were looking for answers surrounding her death.

Straight From The Root

Sign up for our free daily newsletter.