The outrage surrounding the death of George Floyd is at a fever pitch. The 46-year-old black man died on Monday (May 25) after white Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck for roughly four minutes.
On Wednesday (May 27), Ice Cube — who was one of the first Hip Hop artists speaking out about the incident — shared a photo to his Instagram account that has since gone viral. The photo allegedly shows Chauvin wearing a red hat with the words “Make Whites Great Again” written across the front of it.
The “Fuck The Police” legend wrote in the caption, “A wolf in wolves clothing. The demons are among us. #Fightthecowards.”
In recently released surveillance video of the confrontation, Floyd shows no signs of resisting arrest as the officer claimed in the police report. As the video continues, Floyd is heard pleading for his life, saying, “Please. I can’t breathe.” The officer replies, “What do you want?” to which Floyd repeats, “I can’t breathe.”
He was pronounced dead at Hennepin County Medical Center around 9:25 p.m. local time.
In the wake of Floyd’s death, the streets of Minneapolis have erupted in protests. While speaking to CNN on Tuesday night (May 26), Floyd’s family said simply firing the four officers involved isn’t enough. They want them all charged with murder.
“They were supposed to be there to serve and to protect and I didn’t see a single one of them lift a finger to do anything to help while he was begging for his life,” Floyd’s cousin Tera Brown told CNN’s Don Lemon. “Not one of them tried to do anything to help him.”
Floyd’s brothers, who described him as a “gentle giant,” said Floyd “didn’t hurt anybody.”
Ice Cube, Common, Ice-T & Snoop Dogg Sickened By Minnesota Cop Suffocating Black Man To Death
One of those brothers, Philonise, said, “Knowing my brother is to love my brother. They could have tased him; they could have maced him. Instead, they put their knee in his neck and just sat on him and then carried on.”
Not long after the photo started making the rounds, “Make Whites Great Again” became a trending Twitter topic. However, it was determined the man in the photo wasn’t actually Chauvin — he’s a convicted felon named Johnathan Riches.
Despite the identity blunder, the fact remains the same — plenty of people want Chauvin and the other three officers charged for Floyd’s death.
Cube cancelled his scheduled appearance on Good Morning America. On Thursday (May 28) he was set to appear as a guest on the show, but due to the recent events, tweeted that he was “in no mood to tell America, good morning.”
Im dead ass getting sick of rich celebs like ice cube. Ti. Lebron telling ppl to turn up from their comfortable mansions knowing they aint doing shit but posting on IG..if ur not gonna hit the frony like then shut the fuck up
TI is out all on the front lines all the time what are you even talking about???
Lmaooo TI has been calling 4 the death of george zimmerman for yeaaaars..mfs still walking on beachs chillin. Ti wants 2 be known as a mob boss so bad from his IG page dudes a sucker. He aint about shit
Crying on instagram is the frontlines? Hahaha you’re adorable!
Couldn’t agree more. Be careful though. You gonna get called a racist for saying things like that, and get cussed out and threatened to be beat up in the internet for pointing out things like this lol. I’ve tried to show the hypocrisy and nonsensical things that get spewed by the media, politicians, and what would be our heroes (Ice Cube and Jay to name a few). Instead I get people showing racing themselves and getting into their Azealia Banks bag.
He’s on his monthly. Just ignore him.
Why? Generally nobody says anything ever that’s kinda why the world sucks because everyone has there dicks tucked between there legs
Bro, a man got murdered in cold blood that really could’ve been prevented and you worried about what Ice Cube, TI, and LeBron are doing? That’s what’s wrong with this world. People hating other people and acting like they’re a perfect person. Focus on the positive and show love to each other. This world can be downright ugly, don’t make it uglier.
Men get murdered in cold blood every single day, but nobody gives a shit unless it’s a white person doing it. That’s a fact. I NEVER hear outrage that people get murdered every single day in Chicago or Baltimore. Could it have been prevented? Of course it could have. Was the cop wrong? Of course he was wrong. Nobody is debating this, so why the outrage? Why burning down an auto zone? Why looting a target for toys and electronics? All these people demanding justice, we haven’t had the man in court yet! Wait until there is an investigation and court date, then if Justice isn’t served, you’d have a point.
i really wna know what mr clifford ‘t.i. black lives matter’ harris the king thinks !!
Another I like rap but not so much the blacks it comes from “fan”. You stan hiphop, yet hate blacks? Oxymoron, heavy emphasis on the moron.
You must be too stupid to see the fronting hypocrisy TI puts on daily. He wants 2 be malcom x so bad on IG but wheres he at..ill tell u where hes not ..in minneapolis!
Yeah cause theirs a quarantine still you idiot.
Oh yeah.. hows zimmerman doing.. the same man u called to be killed by the streets for years.. u have the money and power to get it done yet hes still alive. U fake wanna be malcolm x go back on ur IG page n tell ur broke followers to turn up more while ur sitting at home doing no front line work. #calltheplaycoach
Man T.I only finished high school. Why fuss at a guy that does not know the meaning of his own words that he speaks? T.I is the dumbest guy in Hip Hop with all seriousness!
Know the difference between their, there and they’re before you call other people idiots.
Another idiot who thinks if you dont like 1 Black Person, you dont like every Black Person and cant be a Hip Hop fan
Ah, yes, because anyone who critiszes TI or BLM is a racist right? Sorry, but ANYONE who blocks me on the highway is gonna make me hate them, and I’ve been blocked multiple times over the year in LA by BLM. So fuck em.
I hope the police responsible for this get arrested and spend time in Punk City. Because you know if they put them into Gen pop they wouldn’t last a week.
Worry about yourself, people. This man killed by the cops was pulling all kinds of fraud crimes. If his ass was straight laced this would not have happened. No loss.
AKA I, like many others have no compassion for blacks and committed “fraud” deservesmurder…”but hey, I luv that rap!” 😉
That’s not what they said at all. They said if he had lead a straight crime free life, he would have never been put in that danger. Basically, don’t give the police a valid reason to come after you. Don’t give the government a reason to raid your house. Don’t give a reason for the fbi to go through your digital footprint. Get it? It’s not hateful or racist to say, it’s common sense.
WHITE mass shooters leave in fucking cuffs you dipshits!!!!…WHAT’S SO FUCKING HARD TO UNDERSTAND?! YOU SICK FUCK KILL MY PEOPLE FOR LESS AND YOU DINT GIVE A FUCK AND FUCK YOU ALL! Who gives af he committed fraud or got “raided” did he have to DIE! WHY can’t we leave in cuffs for less? You incompassionate Neanderthals.
“have no compassion for blacks”… Yet we only see any outrage form black America when a white person kills a black person. The much more common black on black crime is ignored by everyone, including black America. Why no media coverage for what happens in Chicago every day? Do black lives not matter if take from a black killer? Do you only have compassion for blacks killed by whites? You don’t care about the MAJORITY of black deaths? The #1 killer of young black men = other black men killing them. For young white guys, #1 killer is Drug OD, and car accident. Murder is WAYYY up that list… Because they aren’t out killing eachother. Hell, black murder rate accounts for over 53% of ALL murder NATIONWIDE, despite being 13% of the population! Whites make up 65% of USA, yet make up less than 45% of murders, meaning whites commit murders at a “lower than theoretical rate”.
aka I’m white.
You make a good point. If these guys weren’t pieces of shit criminals the cops would be nowhere near them. We are too soft on criminals.
what happened was messed up but thats not even that same guy in the 2 pics posted idiots
Who gives a fuck that it isn’t the same guy? You’d have to be blind to not see that!
Yeah, and 95%+ people who see it are that fucking stupid. Trust Me lol.
“Who gives a fuck that it isn’t the same guy?” Jesus… You are the problem.
Stop spreading False Information and Propaganda
Fuck this site. This was debunked before ice cube even shared it, yet millions of jackasses blindly believe anything they see online. This meme is literally made by a big internet troll. That’s not the cop. This is all just to sow division in usa. Why not show the aftermath of the man’s murder? The auto zone being burned down? The target being destroyed and looted? The woman in the wheelchair being beaten? Yeah, so logical to destroy privately owned business with zero affiliation to government, right? Dumbasses. We all agree the cop was wrong, so why riot? It’s not like there won’t be justice dumbasses.
Sometimes you write a check that your neck cant cash
Aka I’m an idiot who thinks my race makes me superior to others and I’ll get on a HIP HOP site of all places to hint at a “lynching” I’ll never have the balls to pull off.
so what did the black guy do inbetween sitting against wall and laying in street? Everyone really just thinks they dragged him out there then specifically murdered him because hes black? Yall stupid. And that stupidity is going to continue to get black people killed. Making yourselves victims so you can keep screaming victim.
and thats not to say this whole thing is sad. Guy shouldnt of died just cuz his people painted him as a killer and media made him a cop hater. He judged the cops way before they judged him. And hard as it is to see past the media imprint of “all cops are racists and killers” its just as hard to see past the media imprint of “all black people are killers”.
You’re the fool you uneducated bastard! You can’t seem to get the fact that there is no part of law enforcement that allows for the killing of an unarmed, handcuffed, subdued and outnumbered civilian. Even people who are suspected of committing a crime are not denied their right to a fair trial, legal representation letalone the right to life when placed under arrest at law. Yet here you are claiming black people are fond of playing victim. What planet are you living on!?
Every crime doesn’t deserve a death sentence. He wasn’t a threat to anyone. So do you think a kid stealing from a candy shop or a bank teller stealing money deserves to be killed by the police?
you making jokes about a man hat was killed by a asshole who put his knee in another man neck? how do you sleep at night ass?
Most of America including potus and other lae enforcement agree this is wrong and investigations are going on. So how does rioting a target and other businesses make sense? You ain’t protesting by doing that, you’re just being a criminal. America shouldn’t be trashed because of 4 idiots actions
rioting is the only way the unheard can be heard…history lesson for u……
Justice i demand i wanna knock the hell out of Derek chauvin go to hell Derek
kill derek chouvin kill him you deserve to die derek