Rapper Doechii exhibited rare courage at the BET Awards on Monday to condemn Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles to quell protests against his mass deportation agenda.

Grammy Award-winning rapper Doechii denounced the "ruthless attacks" on Los Angeles by the federal government while accepting the BET Award for female hip-hop artist on Monday night.“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest,

Grammy-winning artist Doechii accepted her first BET Award Monday. But as she held the award for best female hip-hop artist, she couldn’t ignore what was going on outside the televised show at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.