by Russell Moore
The mood in Ferguson, Missouri, is tense, after a grand jury decided against indicting a police officer for the killing of unarmed African-American teenager Michael Brown. The tension ought to remind us, as the church, that we are living in a time in which racial division is hardly behind us. That reality ought to motivate us as citizens to work for justice, but also as the church to seek to embody the kingdom of Christ.
We haven’t as of yet sorted through all the evidence
Tear gas surrounds a woman kneeling in the street with her hands in the air after a protest Aug. 17, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
As the nation waits to hear whether a Missouri police officer will face charges for killing unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the FBI is warning law enforcement agencies across the country that the decision “will likely” lead some extremist protesters to threaten and even attack police officers or federal agents.
Peaceful protes
CNN is reporting that audio from Officer Darren Wilson’s encounter with Michael Brown has been released, and it reportedly reveals that 11 shots were fired instead of the previously reported 6.
CNN reportedly obtained the audio from the FBI which obtained it from the Ferguson Police Department. It has been noted, however, that the audio recording itself cannot prove who fired the shots or whom they were fired toward.
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MICHAEL BROWN VIA TWITTER
The #noangel in question here is Darren Wilson, not Michael Brown.
On the day of Michael Brown’s funeral, the New York Times picked the most inappropriate time to lambaste the slain teenager. In the piece chronicling Brown’s last weeks of life, before he was killed by Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson, New York Times writer John Eligon stated that Brown was “no angel” partly because of his love of rap lyrics, having “dabbled in” drugs and alcohol, and get
Supporters: More than a hundred people gathered on Sunday to support St Louis, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson, who shot dead black teen Michael Brown earlier this month in Ferguson
Supporters of the St Louis policeman who killed a black teenager have rallied in the city in the first public show of support for the officer.
At the rally, attended by around 150 people, protesters walked around wearing specially printed T-shirts which were sold for $7 with a police shield on which was the
St. Louis, Missouri, rapper Thi’sl.
(PHOTO: THI’SL)
Christian rapper Thi’sl, a St. Louis, Missouri, native, knows firsthand about the racial tensions that have plagued his city for decades. It is that same dark cloud of racial unrest that overshadows the recent police killing of an 18-year-old black man in nearby Ferguson. Calling for justice while trumpeting a peaceful response, Thi’sl also says it is time for the church to step up and face the fact that U.S. Christianity has its own fester
