8 surprising celebs who support #AllLivesMatter

6. Deion Sanders

Dallas let’s wake up this ain’t us! We’re better than this. We’re hurting,upset,confused,sad,frustrated,tired & fed up but this ain’t right!

— Deion Sanders (@DeionSanders) July 8, 2016

Black lives Matter,White lives matter,Hispanic lives matter,Latin lives matter,Asian lives matter,All lives matter,Yo life matters! #Truth

— Deion Sanders (@DeionSanders) July 8, 2016

White policeman are more fearful than ever for their lives & Blacks feel the same. Let’s stop the mayhem b4 more innocent people die. #Truth

— Deion Sanders (@DeionSanders) July 8, 2016

But the backlash to this completely positive message was hate according to IJR.

STOP BEING HOUSE NIGGA BLACKS GET KILLED IN STREET WHITES NOT agents not Latinos night blacks are pic.twitter.com/ioWpvn0Pfd

— BIG 3 CROOK LOC!!! (@duroc626) July 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/yeezy_taught_ya/status/751273197392113664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

The class Sanders responded kindly to those who insulted him, defending this use of prayer (and many others) and saying, “God bless you.” He also confessed that he’d never been called a “house nigga.”