Protesters armed with spray paint in Albuquerque, New Mexico, were in for a shock Sunday night when they were shouted down by the “baddest man on the planet” during demonstrations in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
In a video shared to Instagram early Monday morning, Jon “Bones” Jones ripped spray cans out of the hands of protesters in the capital city of New Mexico, where he is from.
“Give me the spray can,” Jones said before yanking canisters away from a white protester. A voice behind the camera can be heard saying, “That’s not the way.”
Jones, who has been called the greatest fighter of all time by UFC president Dana White, is in the middle of a contentious contract negotiation with White. Jones has a past littered with criminal infractions. He was charged with a felony hit-and-run in 2015, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 18 months supervised probation.
“Is this shit even about George Floyd anymore?!?” Jones wrote underneath the video. “Why the fuck are you punk ass teenagers destroying our cities!?? As a young black man trust me I’m frustrated as well but this is not the way, we are starting to make a bad situation worse. If you really got love for your city (505), protect your shit. All you old heads need to speak up, call your young family members and tell them to come home tonight.”
Protesters streamed onto the streets of Albuquerque and many other major cities across the country after 46-year-old Floyd, a black man, was killed while in the custody of the Minneapolis police department last week.
