SAINT LOUIS METROPOLITAN CLERGY COALITION
8500
Halls Ferry * St. Louis, MO * 63147
314-452-6899
Bishop
Elijah H. Hankerson III, President
Rev.
Charles Norris, Vice President
Rev.
Duane Burch, Secretary
Bishop
Derrick Robinson, Assistant Secretary
Rev.
Burton Barr, Treasurer
Dist.
Elder Ron Stephens, Assistant Treasurer
Rev.
Claudine Murphy., Chaplain
May 27, 2020
Greetings to
all,
In the midst of
helping provide for the safety of our citizens in the St Louis region (as a
result of Covid 19); I had the unpleasant experience of viewing the video of
the final moments of the death of George Floyd, which occurred in Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
The video was both
disturbing and nauseating. While I reside in St Louis and this event occurred
562 miles away; I am reminded of the words of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., when he was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama for standing for civil
rights, “injustice anywhere is a threat to
justice everywhere.”
While the
officers involved have been fired; we join in unity with our fellow community
leaders from the city of Minneapolis, in calling for those involved in this
inconceivable act to be both charged and tried, to the highest extent of the
law.
We also want
the family and those traumatized by witnessing this event to know that we are
holding you up in fervent prayer.
My testimony is
yet Every Time…,
Bishop Elijah H. Hankerson III
President,
St Louis Metropolitan Clergy Coalition
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