The political battle over U.S. peaceful protests against racial injustice -- and select incidents of violence related to those protests -- is intensifying. While the White House continues to blame local Democratic officials in the cities where unrest persists, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said President Trump has “fomented” the violence for years. Yamiche Alcindor reports.

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