John Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigen, showed support to Eric Garner and Ferguson protesters in New York this weekend with warm food.
Legend and Teigen reportedly hired several food trucks throughout the city to feed protesters during the demonstrations in New York as well as the homeless on Sunday, Dec. 7.
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News aggregator Bipartisan Report sent out the first tweet in the afternoon yesterday about Legend and Teigen’s support for protesters.
BREAKING:
#johnlegend pays for a food truck in Lincoln sq to feed #EricGarner supporters before the #NYC protest. http://t.co/CpYoQ7aY8d
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Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) December 07, 2014
Throughout the day, the location of the food trucks were also revealed on Twitter. When protesters learned of Legend and Teigen’s support they reached out to the couple on Twitter for their thanks.