John Legend And His Wife Show Support For #ICantBreathe Protesters With Free Food Trucks

In the wake of the devastating Eric Garner grand jury decision, protesters across the country have poured forth to send a message that the heinous trend of cops killing unarmed black men without any repercussions needs to end. Some celebrities have been vocal in their support of protesters over Garner and an all too similar instance in Ferguson, Missouri, which took the life of Michael Brown.

Now John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen are putting their money where your mouth is, providing free food via food trucks to protesters in New York City.

BREAKING: #johnlegend pays for a food truck in Lincoln sq to feed #EricGarner supporters before the #NYC protest. pic.twitter.com/CpYoQ7aY8d

— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) December 7, 2014

Vanity Fair drew our attention to this Tweet and the one below, which was retweeted by Teigen.

3-6pm. FREE food trucks by Trader Joe's Union Sq. @ophelporhush #FergusontoNYC #NYC2Ferguson

— ophelporhush (@ophelporhush) December 7, 2014

Notably, neither Mr. or Mrs. Legend have publically taken credit for this act, outside of the retweet. But Legend has previously tweeted:

I am stunned by the failure to indict Eric Garner's killer.

— John Legend (@johnlegend) December 3, 2014

"I. CAN'T. BREATHE." God Damn.

— John Legend (@johnlegend) December 3, 2014

He also has tied this current protest movement to that of Martin Luther King Jr. in his track “Glory,” from the upcoming critically praised docudrama, Selma. Lyrics include this line, “That’s why Rosa sat on the bus/That’s why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up.” Take a listen below.

50 years since Selma. Still marching. Listen to this song @common and I wrote for @SelmaMovie http://t.co/yVLnbY3kRa

— John Legend (@johnlegend) December 4, 2014

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