Keke Palmer Stands Up to National Guardsmen During Protest in Hollywood

From Harper's BAZAAR

• In a video that circulated social media yesterday, actress Keke Palmer is seen pleading with National Guardsmen to march with a crowd in a Hollywood protest.

• "If you're supposed to be patrolling us, then walk with us," said Palmer in the clip.

Keke Palmer is fighting for what's right.

On Tuesday, a video began to circulate of the actress and television host in the midst of a protest in Hollywood, California, where she pleaded with members of the National Guard to join in on their peaceful demonstration. The march was one of dozens taking place across the country demanding justice after the murder of George Floyd and countless other Black American men and women at the hands of police enforcement.

In the clip, Palmer pleads with guardsmen to "be the change" within racial tension in America and urged the men to march alongside the protesters for the sake of unity between armed forces and American citizens.

"You have to pay attention to what's going on or else we have a president that's trying to incite a race war," declared Palmer during her impassioned speech. "Be the change."

"March with us. March beside us. Get your people. March beside us. Let the revolution be televised. March beside us and show us that you're here for us. Let's just do it. We start marching and you march with us. Make history with us please!" continued Palmer during the video. "It will send a huge message. You're the protector. If you're supposed to be patrolling us, then walk with us."

Though on of the guards in the group Palmer addresses explains that he isn't allowed to march with the crowd, he eventually does take a knee after another protester asks him to do so, but Palmer can be heard in the clip stating that the action is "not enough."

Palmer previously shared her thoughts on the ongoing protests in a video shared to her Instagram, expressing that she never expected to witness such a moment of racial unrest during her lifetime.

"At 26, I'm looking out and witnessing a physical revolt, and it's a revolt on a scale that I wasn't sure I'd ever see," said Palmer. "To those that may not be looking close enough, all they will see is looting, or people who don't really care about the movement, or anarchy without a movement. But what I see is a society responding to the oppressor about how the oppressor has responded to us. I see no respect for the establishment, because the establishment hasn't shown respect to the people."

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