Most recently seen as Raekwon in Hulu’s Wu-Tang Miniseries, Actor Shameik Moore is currently at the center of controversy on social media. Shameik fired off a series of tweets giving his opinions on how black people should conduct themselves to avoid being the victim of police brutality.
As several celebrities are using their platform to speak on the senseless and horrific murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin, actor Shameik Moore recently provided his own opinion on the situation—and immediately faced a heavy amount of backlash with his tweets.
Shameik posted the following messages of Twitter:
After trending for several hours with users dragging him on social media, Shameik eventually posted a few videos to explain what he initially meant with his tweets, while insisting that he “never meant to offend the black community.”