Hollywood actor Kendrick Sampson hit by rubber bullet at LA protest. Watch Video

In one video, LAPD officers can be seen firing rubber bullets to try and regain control at Pan Pacific Park.
Hollywood actor Kendrick Sampson hit by rubber bullet at LA protest. Watch Video
Hollywood actor Kendrick Sampson hit by rubber bullet at LA protest. Watch Video
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"Insecure" actor Kendrick Sampson says he was hit by rubber bullets and even a police officer's baton while protesting in California.

The "Vampire Diaries" star took to Instagram to show videos from marches in the Los Angeles area, reports usatoday.com.

"They're gonna arrest all of us," Sampson said in one video clip, adding: "Just to let y'all know, they're telling us to disburse, but they boxed us in."

The protests stemmed from the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer placed his knee on Floyd's neck for several minutes. In one video, LAPD officers can be seen firing rubber bullets to try and regain control at Pan Pacific Park.

"They shot me four times already. I already got hurt and I got hit with a baton," Sampson said on Instagram.

Another video showed the actor backing away from the police, as he appeared to be hit by an officer's baton, reports deadline.com.

aceY'all ain't see no police f***ing up white folks when they took guns to the statehouse," he said, while referring to an incident in Michigan over coronavirus restrictions, not in California.

"Ya all didn't see police attacking white folks, beating em up with batons, shooting them with rubber bullets when they brought guns to f***ing state houses. We came up here with no weapons, with masks.a And we're the ones who are not peaceful," he added.

The actor also tagged "Black lives matter supporters", and tweeted for elected officials to "defund police", citing brutality in multiple cities across the US.

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I cut this together from both of our IG live stream POVs. Keep in mind, I don’t know this man AT ALL. I want to make this really clear. He was targeted because he called out the undercover cops in the LAPD. He said that the people throwing things (water bottles and such) at the police are not protesters, they are undercover cops (agent provocateurs/infiltrators) who are agitators and trying to give justification to the brutality. He said over the bullhorn to turn your camera’s on the people throwing stuff and call them out because they are LAPD!! VERY shortly after, he was tackled and the people around him were viciously brutalized as you can see in this video to ensure no interference even though no one was interfering. Now to be clear, I don’t EVER advocate for turning your camera on a protestor. I am not demonizing or denouncing the tactics we use to dismantle police/slave catching or #DefundPolice. We have to be creative and relentless. I am not demonizing or denouncing the way we get to express our rage, grief, mourning or trauma in this moment. And I’m talking about Black people. Non Black people - especially white folks - know that what you do at these protests directly affects the lives of Black protesters as you scream #BlackLivesMatter BUT apparently in this moment - HE KNEW SOMETHING or he FELT something. And apparently he happened to be right. I have some videos I’m sorting through now. And he was targeted for it. #DefundthePolice #DefendBlackLives #ProsecuteKillerCops

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