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Until a few days ago, Kendrick Sampson was recognized in Colombia for his characters in the television series How to Get Away with Murder (2014) and The Vampire Diaries (2009).
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But the police aggression of which he was a victim in Cartagena, where he spends his vacations, sadly made his name become one of the most popular in recent hours.
The video of a policeman hitting his face, drawing his gun and then taking him handcuffed down a street in the Colonial City has already gone around the world and has been recorded by the main entertainment portals, such as TZM, IMDB and Variety. Meanwhile, the authorities give explanations and an investigation is being carried out to clarify what happened.
About the incident, Sampson wrote on his Instagram account: “Cartagena is incredible, but this is the sixth time I have been arrested in 5 days. And that happens to Colombian blacks frequently. I have been told that arrests are a policy, but it is not that they pull down my underwear aggressively, hit my arms 5 times hard, hit my jaw, and point their gun at me. Then they handcuffed me and dragged me through the streets. I did not resist any legal procedure ”.
The complaint was made by Colombian actress Natalia Reyes on her Instagram account, who co-starred in the most recent Terminator movie and who is friends with Sampson.
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Born in Texas, 32 years ago, the performer started out as a model for advertising campaigns and made his first appearances on CSI Las Vegas. It also featured in Gracepoint (2014) Insecure (2018) and The Flash (2017), among other shows.
In recent years he has stood out in Hollywood as a defender of the rights of blacks in his country, where he is an activist of the Black Lives Matter movement. In 2019, she created a foundation to fight against state violence and the promotion of gender rights and the education of marginalized populations.
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