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Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" Chanted by Protesters During Cleveland Police Altercation


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Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" Chanted by Protesters During Cleveland Police Altercation

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On Sunday, protesters in Cleveland were filmed chanting Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly cut "Alright" during an altercation with police, as FACT points out. You can watch footage below.

As ABC 5 Cleveland reports, attendees of a Black Lives Matter conference at Cleveland State University confronted transit authority police arresting a 14-year-old for allegedly being intoxicated on a bus. After the crowd blocked the street so that the police cruiser couldn't leave, the police responded by using pepper spray.

The police released a statement saying the 14-year old was treated by an EMS unit and later released to the custody of his mother, according to ABC 5 Cleveland.

In June, Kendrick performed "Alright" at the BET Awards while standing on a vandalized cop car. After Fox News pundits claimed the performance "incites violence", Kendrick responded, "How can you take a song that's about hope and turn it into hatred?"

Read "On Kendrick Lamar and Black Humanity" at the Pitch.

Watch the video for "Alright":



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