Beyonce brings mothers of Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and Oscar Grant to VMAs 2016

Beyoncé, center, with guests before the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night in New York. Credit Larry Busacca/Getty Images

Beyoncé, center, with guests before the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night in New York. Credit Larry Busacca/Getty Images

The Independent

Beyoncé arrived at the 33rd annual MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday with her daughter Blue Ivy and four mothers who lost their sons in fatal police shootings.

The mothers—Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant; Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner; Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin; and Lesley McSpadden-Head, mother of Michael Brown—previously made an appearance in Beyoncé’s Lemonade video (with the exception of Johnson), which was nominated in several categories.