A Tennessee lawmaker whose family was steeped in the civil rights movement said he's "appalled" by comparisons between the peaceful protests that Martin Luther King Jr. led and the destructive demonstrations that have broken out across the nation today. "The only reason I stood up is because there was a continual reference to Dr. King and to others of the era of the civil rights movement," DeBerry, 69, said. People were saying today's protests "were like a new civil rights movement. He was specifically describing the movement King led, as opposed to the violent riots that did break out in American cities in 1968 after King was assassinated. DeBerry said his father, a Korean War veteran, helped establish the NAACP in Crocket County Tennessee and worked with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the civil rights movement.

Source: Fox News August 28, 2020 20:30 UTC