This morning i read this ..
Black pastor .. gang leaders ..
Not sure of the date, but, at least 2 years ago ..Bizpac Review
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump met with several black leaders, including Cleveland Heights, Ohio megachurch pastor Rev. Darrell Scott, as a part of African-American History Month.
During the meeting, the New Revival Center senior pastor told the president that several top Chicago gang members had reached out to him with the desire to work with the president to deal with the rampant violence taking place in the city, according to CBS.
According to Scott, those gang leaders “believe in this administration” and in President Trump’s stated goal to deal with inner-city violence.
Interestingly, “They didn’t believe in the prior administration. They told me this out of their mouths,” Scott told the president and other round table participants.
“They reached out to me, because they’re associating me with you.” Scott continued, “They respect you. They believe in what you’re doing, and they want to have a sit-down about lowering that body count. So in a couple weeks, I’m going into Chicago. I said we’ve got to lower that body count. We don’t want to talk about anything else; get that body count down, and they agreed that the principals that can do it – these are guys straight from the streets, no politicians, straight street guys – but they’re going to commit that if they lower that body count, we’ll come in and we’ll do some social programs.”
It’s a two-way street, the gang leaders told Scott. If the Trump administration will invest in social programs for poor urban residents, they would do their part to try to decrease current violence levels that have reached epidemic proportions.
To which Trump responded, “I think that’s a great idea, because Chicago is totally out of control. If they’re not going to solve the problem — and what you’re doing is the right thing — then we’re going to solve the problem for them, because we’re going to have to do something about Chicago, because what’s happening in Chicago should not be happening in this country."
According to CBS, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has also called for federal assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms and FBI.
“Send more FBI, DEA, ATF agents. We don’t have to talk about it anymore. Just send them,” Emanuel said.
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Chicago Activists Unchained
heartbreaking.
Chicago murders / Afghanistan war zone fatalities
https://www.aei.org/publication/trump-r ... es-and-no/
i have mixed feelings. in my life, i've come to believe pastors need to be very cautious about leading their flocks to seek answers through government. it always begins with good intentions .. but, human reasoning, human law, so easily "go wonky."
we have become so accustomed to turning to human law! is there hope we can do better?
this thread is about Chicago.
i cannot overstate how hopeful people in Chicago and the State of Illinois were about obama as POTUS. considering the violence and murders, maybe Caesar will be necessary to restore order (?)
of course, that's never the sole answer! .. but, somehow, boundaries must be established to enable civilized life to exist.
the starting place in Chicago today is sad. the entire State of Illinois is in trouble.
lib politicians, both parties, including those in D.C., have failed to accomplish anything other than to generously line their own pockets.
if not profitable for politicians, they would not be present - they would have left right along with all the private businesses+people they've alienated and driven out.
will improvement follow? .. could it?
if this thread gathers pages, will a desperate situation transform into a hopeful one? we can pray.
i do believe in miracles.
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