Trina Responds to Backlash for Calling Protesters 'Animals'

In a conversation with Trick Daddy on 99 Jamz Radio, Trina voiced her opinions on the protests against police brutality across the United States.

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In a conversation with Trick Daddy on 99 Jamz Radio, Trina voiced her opinions on the protests against police brutality across the United States. The Miami rapper landed herself in hot water for her comments, which saw her refer to protesters as "animals" and urge Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez to start the curfew earlier.

"They need to make the curfew at 6 p.m.," Trina said when the topic came up, lamenting that 9 p.m. was too late. "Keep everybody off the street, these animals off the streets, that are running around in Miami-Dade County acting like they have escaped from a zoo. Lock them up at 5 p.m. so the streets can be nice and clean, that's how I feel." 

She went on to vent her frustration with some of the property damage, explaining that a friend of hers had their business destroyed. “We can’t bring back nobody lives that has been taken away, whether it’s from the police or the hands of another civilian,” she continued. “We cannot bring them back. You cannot pump life back into them at all. I can’t bring back my little brother's life, his life was taken by the hands of a man, a black man.” 

Trina on radio calling on extending the curfew and to “keep everybody off the streets, these animals off the streets” https://t.co/khdWunSNrE

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 3, 2020

Noooo not Trina not the Baddest Bitch not Diamond Princess 🥺 pic.twitter.com/c9h4w19e8P

— Arbitrum Invite (@DollPretty_) June 3, 2020

Trina accused a lot of protesters of being "fake," and that "half of y'all marching are not even caring about this man." After her comments started to circulate on Twitter, "not Trina" became a trending topic. In a response on Twitter, she seemingly doubled down on what she said.

"Some of y'all are plain fuckN ignorant and nothing nobody do will help period," Trina tweeted. "I'm at work and I'm muthafuckn ready." 

She also took time to respond to some of her followers. "You should do something for the community and focus on your shit," she replied to one tweet, while in another she said she called for the police involved in George Floyd's murder to get the "death chair." 

not trina getting canceled this EARLY, she was a drag anyways we stan the city girls over here! pic.twitter.com/7B3Ll4QCYx

— N$ (@jstnneka) June 3, 2020

The fact “Not Trina”, “Now Trina” and “Wow Trina” are trending. 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

— Candice Marie Benbow (@CandiceBenbow) June 3, 2020

Not Trina

So Keke Palmer is on the front-line doing her damn thing and Trina is dogging Black people...by blaming us for the cops treating us like shit and then calls us animals

Damn...2020 will have many story lines.... which most of them will be horrible

— Demetrius Henson (@lifeisgreat47) June 3, 2020

Not Trina too. God y'all are getting disowned left right and center smh. pic.twitter.com/fBL6yw5Cn7

— 7even (@Dr3amyD) June 3, 2020

Smh. Not Trina.👎🏾 This wack asf. https://t.co/l2oyPBkdC2

— Big Sexy 👩🏾‍🦳 (@kingkasinda) June 3, 2020

khia seeing “not Trina” trending on twitter pic.twitter.com/tAcq9wVJNn

— steven j. horowitz (@speriod) June 3, 2020

Not Trina pic.twitter.com/GvqQ4W74wt

— thieve madden (@darlingnessa_) June 3, 2020

See what Twitter had to say about Trina's comments below.

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