The
featured video from Beyonce's massively successful album Lemonade highlights
police brutality
Law
enforcement officers gathered outside Beyonce's hometown concert in Houston,
Texas to protest the alleged anti-police message in her Formation video.
The
34-year-old superstar's Formation World Tour touched down at the NRG Stadium
over the weekend, but fans arriving at the venue were met by members of the
Coalition Of Police And Sheriffs (COPS), who staged a demonstration nearby and
shone a blue light in the direction of the arena, reported Contactmusic.
The
officers were among a group which had taken issue with Beyonce's decision to
spotlight the ongoing problem of police brutality in the US in the
emotionally-charged promo for Formation.
She
further incensed authorities in the days after the song's release in February,
when she paid tribute to the Black Panthers movement - a revolutionary black
nationalist and socialist organisation in the US - during her Super Bowl
halftime show.
The
imagery prompted members of police unions in various US states to launch
boycotts, threatening not to work as volunteer officers during the trek.
"Some
of her performances we believe to be anti-police," COPS demonstrator Tony
Ragsdale said.
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