On Friday, a coalition of African American pastors criticized Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris for celebrating the Black Lives Matter organization as “the most significant agent for change within the criminal justice system.”
According to The Christian Post, Harris made the remarks during an interview with CNN commentator Angela Rye during the NAACP’s National Convention last week.
Harris commended BLM’s three co-founders Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi for “their brilliance” in conceiving the movement.
“History is going to show it was an inflection point in the ongoing fight for justice and to reform the criminal justice system,” she said.
“I actually believe, as a former prosecutor, that Black Lives Matter has been the most significant agent for change within the criminal justice system because it has been a counterforce to the force within the system that is so grounded in status quo, in its own traditions, many of which have been harmful and have been discriminatory in the way that they have been enforced.”
The California Senator also defended the Black Lives Matter protests as “an essential component of evolution in our country.”
“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…
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