People used to wait for a back story to justify senseless murder but lately it's becoming blatantly clear that some lives are worth less to other individuals.
“Racism / injustice is not getting worse it’s being filmed ”
The composure of these officers have while sentencing a man to death is maddening.
What do see here:
I see George Floyd an image-bearer trampled on the ground because someone else assigned him a lower value than his God-endowed value.
I see a man who was given by God to his family as a gift from the Lord (Psalm 127:3) but yet someone thought he was a worth less gift.
I see a man fearfully and wonderfully made, who God has wonderful thought towards but another deemed him a a feared creature that deserves to be trampled and suffocated.
I see a man who was worth the Son of God being trampled so he can be treated as royalty but yet another deemed his crown of glory smaller than his and didn’t even flinch when he took his last breath
I see my father in George Floyd
I see my brother in George Floyd
I see my neighbor in George Floyd
I see my son in George Floyd
I see myself in George Floyd
I think about George Floyd today and know that like many of us he watched Ahmaud Arbery’s murder and wondered if he, his brothers or someone he knew would be next. And he was.
Now the wonder is ours...
- if it’s not your wonder you might be one of the lucky ones
......but yet I implore you to share in the wonder that it could be one of your closest people to experience this barbaric injustice.
And I implore you to get outraged by this .
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Now please officer this is larger than drawing lines between blue lives and black lives
It’s about human dignity so please can we hear your outrage so that we know that’s not what we should expect from you.
it’s about protect and serve not serving an instant death penalty so let’s hear your outrage so that we know this is not what we should expect from you.
it’s about wielding power in a responsible manner than abusing it to be an instrument of taking lives instead of protecting them. Let’s hear your outrage so we can know that’s not what to expect from you.
it’s about the fact that I should be glad to see you instead of freaking out even when I’m the one who has called you. So please let’s hear your outrage so that we can know that’s not what to expect from you.
We want to hear you adress your fellow officers in outrage Saying this is not what we signed up for
Now my white brothers
Let me hear your outrage
Church let me hear your outrage because you stand on God's side on this issue
Read Psalm 10 with me :
Psalm 10:1–18 (CSB) — 1 Lord, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide in times of trouble? 2 In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised. 3 For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings; the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord. 4 In all his scheming, the wicked person arrogantly thinks, “There’s no accountability, since there’s no God.” 5 His ways are always secure; your lofty judgments have no effect on him; he scoffs at all his adversaries. 6 He says to himself, “I will never be moved— from generation to generation without calamity.” 7 Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth; trouble and malice are under his tongue. 8 He waits in ambush near settlements; he kills the innocent in secret places. His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless; 9 he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket. He lurks in order to seize a victim; he seizes a victim and drags him in his net. 10 So he is oppressed and beaten down; helpless people fall because of the wicked one’s strength. 11 He says to himself, “God has forgotten; he hides his face and will never see.” 12 Rise up, LordGod! Lift up your hand. Do not forget the oppressed. 13 Why has the wicked person despised God? He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.” 14 But you yourself have seen trouble and grief, observing it in order to take the matter into your hands. The helpless one entrusts himself to you; you are a helper of the fatherless. 15 Break the arm of the wicked, evil person, until you look for his wickedness, but it can’t be found. 16 The Lord is King forever and ever; the nations will perish from his land. 17Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble; you will strengthen their hearts. You will listen carefully, 18 doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed so that mere humans from the earth may terrify them no more.
