Watch Keke Palmer Urge National Guard Soldiers to March in George Floyd Protest

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Actress Keke Palmer made a passionate plea to National Guard troops during a protest in Los Angeles on Tuesday, asking them to join protesters marching through the streets in honor of George Floyd.

The Hustlers actress joined a demonstration in Hollywood on Tuesday (June 02, 2020) in protest for George Floyd, who died after a police officer knelt on his neck during an aggressive arrest.

โ€œStand together with the community, with society to stop, stop the governmental oppressionโ€, she implored in the powerful video., continuing to call to โ€œmarch, march with us.โ€

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At one point, Keke stopped to deliver an emotionally-charged speech to armed officers in the middle of a crowded street. Quoting one of President Donald Trumpโ€™s recent controversial tweets, Keke told them: โ€œYou have a president saying, โ€˜Once the looting starts, the shooting startsโ€™. You have a president talking about the second amendment as a use for people to come out here and use firearms against the people that are protesting.โ€

โ€œThis is the messages that weโ€™re seeingโ€ฆ You have to pay attention to whatโ€™s going on or else we have a president thatโ€™s trying to incite a race war.โ€

โ€œThe borders are closed. We canโ€™t leave. We have people here that need your help. This is when yโ€™all stand together with the community, with society, to stop the governmental oppression. Period. We need you, so march with us.โ€

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Becoming even more impassioned, Keke then pleads: โ€œMarch with us. March beside us. Get your people. March beside us. Let the revolution be televised. March beside us and show us that youโ€™re here for us. Letโ€™s just do it. We start marching and you march with us. Make history with us please!โ€

The crowd then began chanting โ€œmarch with usโ€ but one guardsman explained that he was unable to leave his post as he needed to โ€œprotect the businessesโ€ as well as protestors. He offered to walk to the end of the street as a compromise and then agreed to bend the knee. As his fellow guardsmen joined him, Keke admitted: โ€œThat ainโ€™t enough for me.โ€

In another video, a second guardsman explained why they couldnโ€™t join the march: โ€œI absolutely support your guys right to protest. I absolutely support that, but we need to stay here because this is where all of our supplies are.โ€

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