John Boyega said he does not want to “work in fear” when he is in the US as he addressed the unrest that has been triggered by the death of a black man during a police arrest.
Last week in Minneapolis, George Floyd died after pleading for air as a white police officer pressed his knee into his neck.
In a response to a Twitter user who said he should not comment on the incident as he is not an American, Boyega defended his right to speak out about racism in the US.
The Star Wars actor said that he has “family and friends there who could be any one of the victims of things that don’t change”.
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