Brooklyn Heights church holds ‘Sacred Conversations on Race’
This week, additional police killings of unarmed black males have made a scheduled dialogue about race all the more urgent.
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church had already scheduled its next monthly “Sacred Conversations on Race” for this Sunday, Sept. 25. That went on the parish calendar before the shootings of two men — one of whom was dealing with a disabled vehicle — occurred earlier this week. The shootings of Terence Crutch in Tulsa and Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte sparked protests that had the city of Charlotte on lockdown on Wednesday in the midst of riots protesting the killings. A curfew was imposed there on Thursday.
The Associated Press announced on Thursday that Police Officer Betty Shelby was charged with manslaughter in Terence Crutch’s death. Many believe this decision will help prevent any more civil unrest in that city.