Drake, Nicki Minaj react sharply on Alton Sterling

Drake, Jesse Williams, Nicki Minaj among others reacted sharply to the death of a black man by two police officers outside a convenience store.
Alton Sterling, 37, was shot dead by two police officers in Baton Rogue, Louisiana, on July 5 after an anonymous 911 caller reported that he was threatening people with a gun outside a convenience store, where he was selling CDs.
The shooting has sparked protests from racial justice groups who have called out against racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
Drake posted on Instagram a lengthy note to express his concern about the strained relationship between black and brown communities and law enforcement.

"My thoughts and prayers are with the Sterling family and any family that has lost someone to this cycle of violence," he wrote.
Kanye West also took to Twitter to repost a disturbing video of 34-year-old Sterling being shot and killed by police officers in Baton Rogue.

Williams, who recently delivered a powerful speech about Black Lives Matter at the BET Awards also took to twitter, "In the interest of time, would ye noble patriots please provide a list of infractions punishable by spontaneous public execution? Thanks!"
Minaj posted on Instagram and listed the names of black people who were killed by white people where the killers went unpunished.

"Will there be a conviction now? Probably not. #RIPAltonSterling hug the ppl u love a little tighter.... Tell them you love them a little more often," she wrote.