WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday condemned using violence at nationwide protests over racial injustices and excessive police force, while applauding the actions of serene protesters looking for change.
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks throughout an Obama Foundation occasion in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 13,2019 REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
The vast bulk of protesters have actually been serene, but a “small minority” were putting individuals at risk and harming the extremely neighborhoods the protests are meant to assist, Obama wrote in an online essay published on Medium.
Obama, a Democrat who served 2 terms as president prior to Republican politician Donald Trump’s administration, said the violence was “compounding the destruction of neighborhoods that are often already short on services and financial investment and diminishing the bigger cause.”
The United States has been rocked by 6 straight nights of tumult over t