We romanticize in so many ways what Dr. King was, and that he was committed to nonviolence. But in many ways, he was fighting for the same thing that the protesters today are fighting for, which is equal justice under the law. And that has to be acknowledged. The pain, and the injustice, has to be acknowledged. So I think about this moment and of course, I will never condone vandalism and violence in these protests. But you have to recognize and appreciate that people have the right to feel pain and to feel anger, with the fact that it is these many years later, and this is still happening.
Kamala Harris – Saturday, May 30, 2020
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