“Please stop sending large groups of militarized police into our neighborhoods exclusively" Chance The Rapper has called out police in his home town of Chicago, Illinois, claiming their response to public parties that defy lockdown has “exclusively” targeted black neighbourhoods.
Retweeting a video in which police can be seen breaking up a Memorial Day weekend event, Chance criticised the local police department for ignoring similar breaches of coronavirus-related restrictions in predominantly white areas of the city. “Yo, I seen HUNDREDS of ppl at Millennium Park and pics of even more at the parks on the north side,” he tweeted. “Outside, no masks, no social distancing, enjoying themselves.