police brutality
At Tyre Nichols’ funeral, VP Harris and Sharpton among those praying and promising reform
By Adelle M. Banks — February 1, 2023
(RNS) — ‘When we talk about public safety, let us understand what it means in its truest form: Tyre Nichols should have been safe,’ the vice president said.
Tyre Nichols police beating video prompts faith leaders to react with grief, goals
By Adelle M. Banks — January 28, 2023
(RNS) — They expressed grief and prayers for Nichols’ family, as well as called for national and state legislation. Some questioned whether the video of the police beating of Nichols should be watched.
One year after George Floyd’s murder, faith leaders continue the call for racial reckoning
By RNS staff — May 25, 2021
(RNS) — Clergy were often front and center in the year’s racial justice protests, and their clarion call not only to politicians but also to religious leaders sparked a racial reckoning within churches, synagogues and mosques.
Ahead of Andrew Brown Jr’s funeral, North Carolina clergy cry out for justice
By Yonat Shimron — May 1, 2021
(RNS) — For North Carolina clergy, the killing of an unarmed Black man by law enforcement is personal.
Faith leaders praise Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdicts, acknowledge work ahead
By RNS staff — April 20, 2021
(RNS) — Religious leaders and faith-based organizations reacted swiftly to the verdicts.
On this Good Friday, let us reflect on the 7 last words of George Floyd
By John Thomas III — April 2, 2021
(RNS) — This year’s Good Friday is especially poignant for African Americans as it comes in the middle of the trial of police officer Derek Chauvin for the gruesome killing of George Floyd.
Martin Gugino committed to struggle, despite grand jury dismissal
By Yonat Shimron — February 12, 2021
(RNS) — 'There’s a great deal of work that needs to be done,' said the 76-year-old Catholic peace activist on hearing that assault charges were dropped against two Buffalo police officers. 'It’s one more setback.'
Charged with 2 felonies for protesting, the Rev. Greg Drumwright is marching on
By Yonat Shimron — December 1, 2020
GRAHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Drumwright’s activism may have found his greatest impact close to home, in North Carolina’s Alamance County — a bastion of racialized policing.
Biden victory in hand, Black church get-out-the-vote workers assess the future
By Adelle M. Banks — November 25, 2020
(RNS) — Faith in Action, which mobilized for policies that empower Black Americans, noted down-ballot wins, such as passage of a $15 minimum wage in Florida.
How law-and-order evangelicals helped shape today’s criminal justice system
By Yonat Shimron — November 16, 2020
(RNS) — Evangelicals have largely championed the rise of mass incarceration, writes Aaron Griffith in his new book. They've also undertaken novel ministries to try to bring compassion, healing and conversion to those behind bars.
Franklin Graham borrows a tactic from the left with his Saturday prayer march
By Yonat Shimron — September 25, 2020
(RNS) — He insists the march is not an effort to encourage voting or to rally evangelicals to the polls ahead of the Nov. 3 election. But his choice of speakers suggests otherwise.
How a Sean Feucht worship service convinced me I am no longer an evangelical
By D.L. Mayfield — September 23, 2020
(RNS) — I was surrounded by people who truly believed they were proclaiming the good news. Yet on the edges of their concert, young people of color were begging for them to listen to their grief instead of singing over it.
Buffalo Catholic peace activist Martin Gugino back on his feet, determined to protest
By Yonat Shimron — September 11, 2020
(RNS) — After being knocked to the ground by two Buffalo police officers in June, Gugino is eager to press his case for the right of citizens to protest the government.
Biden, in Kenosha, says U.S. confronting ‘original sin’
By Bill Barrow, Will Weissert, and Scott Bauer — September 3, 2020
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — "We're finally now getting to the point where we're going to be addressing the original sin of this country, 400 years old … slavery and all the vestiges of it," Biden said at Grace Lutheran Church, where he met with community leaders.
In Portland, this rabbi leads the clergy resistance
By Yonat Shimron — July 23, 2020
(RNS) — The Portland Interfaith Clergy Resistance, lead by Rabbi Ariel Stone, has been downtown since the protests began 55 days ago, supporting the people on the street and providing a daily witness.
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