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Halsey says she was hit by pellets and “gassed” for hours as she stood with Yungblud on the frontlines of George Floyd protests in Los Angeles. “I dont know how to articulate the horrors of today. [National Guard] + officers firing rounds into kneeling crowds,” the 25-year-old “Nightmare” singer tweeted Sunday in a series of …
Halsey says she was hit by pellets and “gassed” for hours as she stood with Yungblud on the frontlines of George Floyd protests in Los Angeles.
“I dont know how to articulate the horrors of today. [National Guard] + officers firing rounds into kneeling crowds,” the 25-year-old “Nightmare” singer tweeted Sunday in a series of posts about her weekend protesting.
“Myself + many of my peers were shot, gassed + antagonized,” she said the previous day, insisting to her 12.6 million Twitter followers that she was safe and had not been arrested.
She said officials “fired rubber bullets at us,” posting a series of photos and videos from the scene.
“We did not breach the line. hands were up. unmoving. and they gassed and fired,” wrote the New Jersey-born star, whose real name is Ashley Nicolette Frangipane.
“They opened fire multiple times. I was hit twice. Once by pellets and once by shrapnel. We were gassed repeatedly for hours,” she added.
“Do not underplay these rubber bullets bc you have been told they are ‘not lethal’. I had to bandage a man who looked like his entire face had exploded today.”
The star — currently studying to take the bar exam — praised on-again-off-again boyfriend Yungblud, saying the English singer “literally ran exposed in front of rounds being shot to drag wounded people to safety without even thinking twice.”
Yunblud — real name Dominic Richard Harrison — in turn praised Halsey for being “incredible.”
“U acted fearlessly and selflessly. u were so brave and inspirational. when innocent people were unlawfully wounded, u were there with a medical kit bandaging them up. u didn’t think about yourself for one moment. i am proud to know u,” he gushed.
Halsey also angrily attacked those criticizing her part in the protests.
“A true patriot is someone who will rebel against the government if it becomes necessary, to protect the greater good of their fellow citizens. We are patriots,” she said.
“If you are not, you are a coward. THIS is what democracy looks like.”
