Madison Beer is gassed while protesting in Santa Monica and urges other protestors to leave the scene while gasping for breath
Madison Beer choked back smoke as she warned other protestors throughout Los Angeles about police firing tear gas into crowds on Sunday.
The 21-year-old singer filmed a short video for Instagram of herself walking away from the confrontation in coastal Santa Monica.
Though she had a mask on to slow the spread of the coronavirus, she had difficulty breathing due to the tear gas.
Crackdown: Madison Beer, 21, filmed a frantic Instagram Live video on Sunday after being tear-gassed in Santa Monica amid protests inspired by the death of George Floyd
‘If anyone’s in Santa Monica, please leave now. They’re tear-gassing everything, everywhere,’ Madison said while briskly walking away from the police.
‘I was just tear-gassed and I can’t breathe,’ she said while panting.
The Justin Bieber proégé also warned her fans and fellow protestors about the police tactics in a follow-up tweet.
‘LEAVE SANTA MONICA NOW IF YOU CAN I WAS JUST TEAR GASSED THEY ARE ARRESTING EVERYONE AND TEAR GASSING ALL CROWDS,’ she wrote in all caps.
Tear-gassed: ‘If anyone’s in Santa Monica, please leave now. They’re tear-gassing everything, everywhere. I was just tear-gassed and I can’t breathe,’ she said while panting
Watch out: The Justin Bieber proégé also warned her fans and fellow protestors about the police tactics in a follow-up tweet
Prepared: Earlier, she shared photos of the cardboard signs she helped write before the protests
Madison initially had hopes of rejoining a peaceful protest on Sunday.
She shared photos of the cardboard signs she helped write before the protests and posted black and white photos of herself out in Santa Monica earlier in the afternoon.
On Saturday, Madison joined protests in West Hollywood while also bringing along signs supporting the Black Live Matter movement.
On Friday night, Madison made her first full-length post about how ‘heartbroken, enraged, and disturbed over the murder of George Floyd’ she has been.
Standing up for others: Madison posted black and white photos of herself out in Santa Monica earlier in the afternoon
Doing her part: On Saturday, Madison joined protests in West Hollywood while also bringing along signs supporting the Black Live Matter movement
‘i am mourning all of the unjust murders of black people around the world in the hands of institutional racism and hate crimes. because i am a white person, i have the privilege of not having to fear for my life due to the color of my skin, but i will always stand with you and fight with you,’ she wrote to her 18.8 million followers.
‘your voice matters. you will not be silenced. #blacklivesmatter today, tomorrow & forever. to all my followers, i have included some things you can do to help. please read about this situation, please watch the riots going on, please educate yourself in anyway you can. this is nowhere near the first time we’ve lost an innocent black person to a racist committing murder. it’s on us to make a change.’
She concluded her passionate statement by providing a series of phone numbers and links to her following, so they can contribute to the cause.
Earlier in the day, she apologized for the ‘poor timing’ of a TikTok outbursts denying plastic surgery rumors.
Righting the ship: Her social activism came shortly after she apologized for her ‘poor timing’ with a TikTok tirade shooting down plastic surgery rumors