Beyonce's 'Formation', Anti-Racist Or Anti-Police?

Since its debut at the Super Bowl Half Time Show, Beyonce's Formation has been received with mixed emotions and some raised eyebrows from police groups in the US questioning whether her lyrics are truly 'anti-racist' and not 'anti-police.'

CNN pointed out that the Queen Bey used poignant symbols like the story of the Black Panthers, a socialist, militant group in 1966 formed to counteract the US government and the authorities.

In the music video, the words "Stop Shooting Us" can also be found in the wall's graffiti which enrages US police unions saying it is showing a bad image to the US police.

With that, police unions like that in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Nashville Fraternal Order of Police, the Sergeants Benevolent Association in New York and The National Sheriffs' Association previously vowed to boycott police protection in any of Bey's concerts.

"I can guarantee that if Beyoncé needs help anywhere, police would respond. She made a statement, and now law enforcement is making a statement. What's clear is that no one in the country is trying to resolve the issues between communities of color and the distrust of law enforcement," Sgt. Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association in New York said in a statement.

Despite the vow to boycott the songstress' concerts, some individuals particularly the Detroit Islam leader, Minister Louis Farrakhan backs the songstress' stance and promised to offer protection, in case needed.

"She started talking all that black stuff ... and white folks were like, 'We don't know how to deal with that.'"

"Look at how you treatin' Beyonce now. You gonna picket. You not gonna offer her police protection. But the FOI [Fruit of Islam] will," he continued as reported by TMZ.

Some Twitter users also sided with Bey with one user saying, "The American police are bullying Beyoncé because she asked for police not to murder black people, please and thank you."

Meanwhile, Bill Gates gave a very humble reaction on how Beyonce included his name in Formation.

"I said, 'Are you serious? This is kind of a strange set of words here.' I'm surprised. "I guess it's nice that people consider me successful," the Microsoft founder said in an interview as mentioned by USA Today.