A "Grey's Anatomy" actor mentioned Darrien Hunt — the Utah man killed by police in September 2014 — during an acceptance speech at the BET Awards on Sunday.
Jesse Williams, who plays Dr. Jackson Avery on the ABC television series, received the humanitarian award this year for his commitment to social change and improving race relations for the black community.
"The more we learn about who we are and how we got here, the more we will mobilize," Williams said, noting the success of movements, such as Black Lives Matter.
He also spoke to the national cases of police shootings that involve black victims, saying that police "manage to somehow de-escalate, disarm and not kill white people every day." Freedom is conditional for black people, Williams said, and officers shoot at members of the community even when unprovoked.
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