Horrible

George Floyd died last night in an encounter with a Minneapolis police officer.   Video shows the officer kneeling on the neck/back of his head and the victim died after him doing this for an extended period of time.

There appears to be no reason why Mr Floyd died during this encounter, and no apparent reason for the officer to have acted as he did.

This is absolutely a horrible tragedy and there is nothing in the video evidence that gives any justification for the actions of the officer.

The mayor has turned the investigation over to the BCA and the FBI, which is a totally appropriate action given the history of the MPLS police and city government for what has been labeled "institutional racism" in the city government and police department.   It is absolutely critical that the investigation be undertaken by entities not in the control of the city of Minneapolis to give the appearance of an independent and unbiased investigation.

It's being reported that the two primary officers involved have been fired.  I'm not saying that they shouldn't have been fired at some point, but it seems like this action (which isn't the standard response) could be problematic at their trial.   I'm 100% on board with investigating, charging, and trying these officers.  However, if their firing (as opposed to a suspension pending the outcome of the investigation) ends up causing problems at trial, the conspiracy theorists will be out in full force.

One last thing.  I realize that a lot of folx are going to be riled up, especially since we have partial video of the incident that is incredibly damning, although possibly incomplete.    What we don't have at this point (or what I haven't seen) is evidence of motive.  Given that reality, it seems reasonable to be angry at what actually happened without injecting unknown factors into it.   

Not consistently pro choice

“If you are a church that is opening back up after Trump’s political ploy today, take some time before you preach your next sermon on being pro-life. Your actions in this are too loud for us to hear you on that.”


This was from a personal friend of mine, who posted it on his FB page.

1.  If you accept this logic then it seems you would need to stop calling yourself pro-choice.

2.  If you’re a pastor, and are posting this sort of political content on your public social media, where you identify as a pastor of a specific church, it seems like your tax exempt status should be in jeopardy.

Who?

Who elected Biden as the final arbiter of who is black or not?

How is Biden’s comment not racist?

Feeling entitled much Joe?

RIP

This week we lost Ravi Zacherias to cancer.    While I'm sure that his family will mourn his loss, we know that he is with Jesus.   He will be greatly missed.

A link to WK with a timely post.


 https://winteryknight.com/2020/05/20/how-do-you-explain-the-gospel-to-a-non-christian-in-two-minutes-4/

Woman

"To protect women's rights, we must be able to say what a woman is.  If postmodernism is correct-that the body itself is a social construct- then it becomes impossible to argue for rights based on the sheer fact of being female.  We cannot legally protect a category of people if we cannot identify that category."

Nancy Pearcy

If y'all think

https://www.johnshuck.com/resist-the-initiation/


If y'all think that the denial of the virus and the resistance to social distancing is something that's just a conservative thing, think again.

This is so far beyond anything I've heard from any conservative,  I really don't have too much to say.

Is it possible?

Is it possible for a white person to harm a person of color (including but not limited to; killing, shooting, stabbing, beating, kicking, robbing, etc.) without doing so because of racism?