- Vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris has praised recent Black Lives Matter protests saying they are ‘essential’ for change in the country
- Speaking online at the NAACP convention Harris praised the ‘brilliance’ and ‘impact’ of Black Lives Matter movement
- She noted that ‘nothing that we have achieved that has been about progress in this country has come without a fight’
- The California Senator came in for sharp criticism online with some blaming the Democrats for encouraging the protests
Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris has come in for criticism after saying that protests against racial injustice, including those by the Black Lives Matter group are ‘essential for the evolution of our country’ – with some online branding her ‘ignorant’.
Senator Harris D-Calif. made the comments during the NAACP’s national convention in which she was interviewed for more than one hour and come just three days after two police officers were shot and injured during rioting in Louisville.
The shooting came after a grand jury’s decision not to charge the officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor. One of the officers involved was charged with wanton endangerment for shooting into a neighboring apartment.
‘Nothing that we have achieved that has been about progress, in particular around civil rights, has come without a fight, and so I always am going to interpret these protests as an essential component of evolution in our country – as an essential component or mark of a real democracy.
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