Leslie Jones said she would go back to stop her 22-year-old self from causing destruction to her community while protesting against racial injustice.
"I would say, ‘Don't take that sledgehammer," Jones said."'Don't take that sledgehammer.' Because the sledgehammer literally made me a hero in so many places. I opened up so many doors with that sledgehammer. I remember I broke—and I have to tell you this—it was a supermarket and there was a chain fence and they couldn't get it open.
Jones added,"So, I think I would say to my 22-year-old self, ‘What do you think you're gonna change by going out there with that?'"Ghostbusters"I was 22. That's why I understand the protesters because there's probably nothing you could say to them right now that's gonna make them not want to protest," she explained."Because there was nothing you could have said to me back then. I was ready to burn it down because I was like, ‘We gotta do something.
"We thought, ‘Hey, we're gonna tear this up. They're gonna pay attention,'" she continued."And nothing happened. The officers got off. They're probably somewhere fishing, you know what I mean? And the city was tore up for years. L.A. just really got back—the saddest part is all the business, the black businesses that got torn down, didn't get to come back."
While it may be challenging to get her message across now, Jones vowed to continue using her platform to inspire change and"I'm gonna use my platform to make sure everybody understands the importance of voting," she exclaimed."I think we all just need to realize that we're all human and living on the same Earth and need to start working together before we don't have nothing.
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