Rev. Bernice King issues statement on Ferguson
“As the world awaits the grand jury decision regarding Officer Darren Wilson, my thoughts and prayers continue to be with Michael Brown’s parents, Michael Brown, Sr. and Lesley McSpadden, his family, and the entire Ferguson community.
In his timeless speech, ‘Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution’, my father exhorted, “Let us stand up. Let us be a concerned generation. Let us remain awake through a great revolution.” I believe that we are in the midst of a great revolution and that the shooting death of Mike Brown by Officer Darren Wilson, while horribly tragic, serves as one of the catalysts to charge the revolution. However, the progress of the revolution for social change is heavily dependent on whether we are a concerned generation, whether we are awake and on how we answer this question: Decades from now, what do we want historians to write about this moment?
Answering this question truthfully and thoughtfully requires self-analysis. As my father stated, “When the dawn reveals a landscape dotted with obstacles, the time has come for sober reflection, for assessment of our methods and for anticipating pitfalls.” This nation, and indeed, the world, is in need of an influx of citizens who are soberly reflecting, assessing and anticipating, then choosing nonviolence as a lifestyle.
In embracing Nonviolence 365 days a year, we are agreeing to engage in examination of our thoughts, our motives, and our conformity to the violent, fear-mongering, hostile culture that we, as humanity, have created. That’s difficult to do. It is much easier to point out the bad deeds of others than to confront our own contributions to social ills. But, we must. From law enforcement to activists, from media to grass roots organizers, from faith leaders to policy makers, we all must be honest with and challenge ourselves to act with love, respect and compassion for all people.
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On December 11, 2004, King participated in a march against same-sex marriage in Atlanta. This action was in contrast to the advocacy of her mother, Coretta Scott King and her older sister Yolanda Denise King, both longtime, outspoken supporters of gay rights. She was joined by senior pastor at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Eddie Long.
And here's her Mr. Straight Marriage 'Bishop' Long: On September 21 and 22, 2010, Maurice Robinson, Anthony Flagg, and Jamal Parris filed separate lawsuits in DeKalb County Superior Court alleging that Long used his pastoral influence to coerce them into a sexual relationship with him.
Piss on her high and mighty speechifying.