Obama Urges a ‘Thoughtful’ Tone Amid Protests in the U.S.
- President says attacks on cops undercut ‘legitimate’ concerns
- Demonstrators take to the streets to decry black deaths
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President Barack Obama said protests against police violence in many cities over the weekend are “legitimate,” yet cautioned that attacks on law enforcement officers undermine public support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
“Any violence directed at police officers is a reprehensible crime,” Obama told reporters on Sunday in Madrid in a joint press availability with Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The White House announced that Obama will travel to Dallas on July 12 to speak at an interfaith memorial service for five police officers who were shot to death during a protest there Thursday.