Cara Delevingne joins thousands for Black Lives Matter protests in LA: ‘Silence is consent’
Thousands of Black Lives Matter protestors took to the streets of Los Angeles on Tuesday for the seventh straight day.
Cara Delevingne joined crowds to march, after the death of George Floyd incited protests across the country.
The 27-year-old model shared snaps of herself and the crowd she marched with to her Instagram stories.
Support: Cara Delevingne joined crowds to march on Tuesday in Los Angeles, after the death of George Floyd incited protests across the country
In a selfie the runway star held a cardboard sign, she seemed to have made, partially cover her face from the eyes down.
As the sign was reversed in her selfie, she wrote ‘Silence is consent,’ the phrase on her sign for followers to read.
In a video, she showed the hundreds that marched in front of and behind her down the middle of a street as cars continued to try and drive. At one point hundreds seemed to take a knee in the street.
Late Monday night, the Paper Towns actress shared a black square to her Instagram, in support of Black Out Tuesday, which calls for social media and businesses to go dark for any issues not relating to Black Lives Matter, racial injustice and protests.
Marching: In a video, she showed the hundreds that marched in front of and behind her down the middle of a street as cars continued to try and drive
Take a knee: At one point hundreds of protestors seemed to take a knee in the street
Black out: Late Monday night, the Paper Towns actress shared a black square to her Instagram, in support of Black Out Tuesday, which calls for social media and businesses to go dark for any issues not relating to Black Lives Matter, racial injustice and protests (pictured in February 2020)
It was the seventh consecutive night protests continued around the country with CNN reporting there was at least one protest in all 50 states.
Protests began last week after Floyd was videotaped in police custody with an ex- Minnesota police officer kneeling on his neck and as many as two others on his body, for nearly nine minutes, until he lost consciousness and ultimately died on Memorial Day.
One of the four cops, Derek Chauvin, was charged with third degree murder on Friday, after all lost their jobs.
More than 7,200 people were arrested across 43 cities in the country over the weekend, according to CBS News.
United: It was the seventh consecutive night protests continued around the country with CNN reporting there was at least one protest in all 50 states
Los Angeles county was on its third day of a curfew after over 500 arrests were made Friday night during late night protests.
As of Tuesday, more than 2,700 had been arrested in Los Angeles alone with many reported to be locals, according to the LA Times.
Some cities in the area including Beverly Hills and Santa Monica were on 1pm curfews, since Monday, after storefronts were looted and vandalized in previous days.
Los Angeles county remained on a 6p.m. curfew Tuesday.