This evening's disconcerting news, via the Associated Press:
The decision in New York not to charge the officer comes about a week after a grand jury in Missouri decided not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black man. Both cases became symbols of what protesters called a tendency by white officers to overreact when confronting African-Americans.
"This is a deeply emotional day — for the Garner family, and all New Yorkers," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "Today's outcome is one that many in our city did not want," said the mayor who had been elected with African-American support.
The reaction is likely to be overwhelming, but for those of you who think the right people aren't listening, consider these lines from Russell Moore, who heads up the Southern Baptist Convention's liberty and justice division:
"For those of us in Christ, we need to recognize that when one part of the Body of Christ hurts, the whole Body of Christ hurts. It's time for us in Christian churches to not just talk about the gospel but live out the gospel by tearing down these dividing walls not only by learning and listening to one another but also by standing up and speaking out for one another."
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