Lana Del Rey criticised for posting footage of protestors in LA

Protests have been taking place across the US and around the world in response to the death of George Floyd last week, who was killed by Minnesota police officers while being detained.

Lana Del Rey attended one of the Black Lives Matter protests in LA over the weekend, and decided to share footage - that has since been deleted - of protestors looting.

She has since been called out for posting the footage on her Instagram account (which has 16.5million followers) after not blocking out the faces of the protestors to keep their identities safe.

Kehlani also criticised Del Rey for her decision to post the videos. NME reports that Kehlani wrote in a now-deleted tweet, "Lana Del Rey please remove your instagram post it’s dangerous as f–k and a very poor choice of moments to post. By all means protest, but DO NOT endanger people with your very massive platform. oh and turn your f–kin comments on man."

In another tweet, Kehlani added, "I caught myself posting on my story/wanted to go live yesterday but remember, fellow large platforms, at protests A LOT of people can see our stories/lives and it’s impossible to block faces live, gotta take a step back and remember not to endanger people. film the cops."

i caught myself posting on my story/wanted to go live yesterday but remember, fellow large platforms, at protests A LOT of people can see our stories/lives and it’s impossible to block faces live, gotta take a step back and remember not to endanger people. film the cops.

— Kehlani (@Kehlani) May 31, 2020

Tinashe also called out Del Rey in a deleted tweet, writing, "Lana Del Rey why the fuck are you posting people looting stores on your page literally WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM."

Del Rey has since removed the video. Tinashe thanked her for taking it down.

@LanaDelRey thank you for removing your post!!!!!!!!!!!

— TINASHE (@Tinashe) May 31, 2020

Kehlani later responded to Del Rey taking the video down, although Del Rey allegedly reposted a video where protestors' faces were still visible. Kehlani writes, "i was told the post was deleted and that was my point so i deleted the tweet but i guess it’s not deleted it’s just reposted ? leaving it up on my story but hopefully if she gets enough dm’s she will take it completely down."

i was told the post was deleted and that was my point so i deleted the tweet but i guess it’s not deleted it’s just reposted ? leaving it up on my story but hopefully if she gets enough dm’s she will take it completely down.

— Kehlani (@Kehlani) May 31, 2020