John Cusack is an American actor and producer known for his roles in Better Off Dead (1985), High Fidelity (2000) and other films.

On Saturday night, Cusack posted a video on Twitter that showed him running from cops at a protest for George Floyd in Chicago. In the video, you can hear police telling him to get out while they beat his bike with batons.

The actor had defied the city’s 9pm curfew and shortly before he shot the vide, he Tweeted that he had been “hit by pepper spray”. He had been documenting the protests in Chicago since they began.

 


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