Barack Obama Talks ‘Defund the Police’ Controversy on ‘Daily Show’
Barack Obama discussed the hope he found in this summer’s Black Lives Matter protests, as well as his criticism of the “defund the police” rallying cry, as part of a wide-ranging interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show Tuesday, December 15th. Obama reiterated that the activism and protests that sprung up after the police killing of George Floyd were one of the few things that kept him optimistic during an otherwise difficult year. “I have consistently believed that their courage, activism, media savvy, strategic resolve far exceeds anything I...