The former first lady expresses devastation at a recent police shooting in the US but says protests are 'opening eyes, rattling consciences'.
Former first lady Michelle Obama has accused the White House of stoking racial divisions, in the wake of recent police shootings.Michelle Obama said she was "exhausted and frustrated" by the ongoing inequalities in AmericaOn Friday in the US, thousands joined a march on the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speechwere "opening eyes, rattling consciences" and leading the nation to change.
"Then, two nights later, the bullets that killed two protesters, with a young man only 17 years old arrested and charged with homicide. "Sometimes they see it on the news. Sometimes they see it from the White House Rose Garden. And sometimes they see it from the back seat of a car."Ms Obama said although she was "exhausted and frustrated" by the ongoing inequalities in the United States,"But then I see the swift and powerful protests that have risen up around the country … and I see the glimmers of something different," she wrote.
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