Spiritually Speaking: Let us learn to love, not hate
Rev. John F. Hudson, Columnist
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. Nelson Mandela
It’s hard to turn around these days and not be confronted by hate, by the sin of human hatred: in acts of hate carried out by one human being upon other, by one group of people upon another group. Three hate stories are really haunting me now. I just can’t shake them.
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Joe Biden Says No Justification For Looting, Violence Amid Unrest Over Daunte Wright Shooting
On 4/12/21 at 4:04 PM EDT
President Joe Biden condemned looting and violence that has taken place in the aftermath of the police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on Sunday.
Wright, a Black man, died Sunday after he was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb. Outrage quickly gripped the city in the wake of the shooting, with many gathering to hold peaceful protests against the police. However, many also turned to looting, vandalizing dozens of stores in Brooklyn Center and the surrounding areas.
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President Biden said on Monday that minorities' anger over the fatal police shooting of a Black man in Minnesota doesn't justify violence or rioting after he viewed police body-cam video of the shooting.