Rapper T.I. added his thoughts to the conversation with a pair of powerful Instagram posts, writing that “America has created a monster.”

T.I. says the Ferguson tragedy and the country’s current racial tensions are “the result of ignoring and mishandling an already fragile-spirited, recently enslaved, presently oppressed race/generation of people.” He adds that African-Americans “created their own” culture, religion and traditions after being “brought to this place,” saying, “our people have had an increasing lack of opportunities for generations.

“How long can you expect a nation/race/generation of people to be blatantly disrespected?” the rapper writes. “Spoken to and treated with arrogant tones of insignificance. Our fathers, uncles, brothers and role models were killed and imprisoned more often than educated. Now look at us. Our friends and relatives murdered and cast aside without thought, as though your human life is more valuable than ours. How long can that go on without consequence?”