In the wake of police brutality, rappers and Los Angeles-area natives
Snoop Dogg and The Game led a peaceful unity march of more than 100
people to the headquarters of Los Angeles on Friday morning, July 8,
urging improved relations between police and minority communities.
The Game shared a photo of him and Snoop Dogg wearing a white tee with
an inscription “H.U.N.T.” written on it which stands for “Hunt Us Not
Today” and “Hate Us Not Today”. He then called on people to join the
march:
The two rappers arrived at the LAPD headquarters where they had a
private meeting with L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, Police Chief Charlie Beck
and other top police official while the graduation ceremony of new LAPD
recruits was going on.
Snoop Dogg said The point of the march was to reintroduce the Police Department to members of the community it serves:
“Respect is key. Think about the person you’re pulling over and their
family. Because that way, you’ ll have more of a consideration of life
and de-escalate as opposed to escalate.”
While The Game told the new recruit during the graduation ceremony
“I would be lying to you if I didn’t say I was saddened by what happened
in Dallas. I would be lying to you if I didn’t say I was angered about
what occurred in Minnesota and Louisiana and Fresno.
The cops that died in Dallas weren’t the cops that shot and killed
Philando or Alton. As much as Philando and Alton didn’t deserve that,
those cops in Dallas didn’t deserve that. And the only thing I could
think of was to initiate peace on both sides, so that’s why I’m here.”
