Black Celebs Labeling Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock 'Terrorist'

On October 1 for reasons unbeknownst to us, Stephen Paddock killed 59 people and injured over 570 during an outside concert in Las Vegas, Nevada near the Mandalay Bay hotel. Through a broken window in his hotel room, the 64-year-old buried hundreds of bullets into an unsuspecting crowd of 22,000 concertgoers during the Route 91 Harvest festival. This is the worst mass shooting we have seen in U.S. history; it was planned ahead of time; this was definitely an act of terrorism. Stephen Paddock is a domestic terrorist. But to no one’ surprise because Paddock is white (and not Muslim), the media has been reluctant to call him just that—instead he as been described as a “lone gunman” and given headlines empathetic headlines. But these 10 celebs refuse to play that game and have no issue calling a spade a spade.  

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On October 1 for reasons unbeknownst to us, Stephen Paddock killed 59 people and injured over 570 during an outside concert in Las Vegas, Nevada near the Mandalay Bay hotel. Through a broken window in his hotel room, the 64-year-old buried hundreds of bullets into an unsuspecting crowd of about 22,000 concertgoers during the Route 91 Harvest festival. This is the worst mass shooting we have seen in U.S. history; it was planned ahead of time; and this was definitely an act of terrorism. Stephen Paddock is a domestic terrorist. But to no one’ surprise because Paddock is white and not Muslim, the media has been reluctant to call him just that—instead he as been described as a “lone gunman” and given headlines empathetic headlines. But these 10 celebs refuse to play that game and have no issue calling a spade a spade.

2. Rihanna

3. Ava DuVernay

https://twitter.com/ava/status/914812958286290944

4. Shaun King

https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/914822701080023040

5. Yvette Nicole Brown

https://twitter.com/YNB/status/915157630292602880

6. Gabby Sidibe

7. Jesse Williams

8. Chuck D

9. Zendaya

10. Jeffrey Wright

11. Joy Ann Reid

https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/914950149490790400