I haven’t posted anything socially-based in a little while (didn’t want to come off as too angry), so I took a small step back. Perusing the news feeds, I saw that Tamir Rice’s death was officially ruled a homicide. It’s hard to watch that video without cringing, the same way it’s hard to watch the Eric Garner video without wanting to jump in the video to break it up. You hear about death at the hands of law enforcement officers and it’s easy to try to rationalize it away, but when you see video a different light is cast. Being one who has endured a bout of police brutality, it’s hard for me to give law enforcement the benefit of the doubt in any situation.
I scroll my Facebook news feed and see all the people who really don’t value life or think law enforcement is always right. Those are two dangerous mindsets to have in this day and age. Firstly, all life has value. That’s an absolute. Everyone who lives and breathes has the right to contribute something positive and meaningful to society. Just because some people choose not to, doesn’t mean their lives mean any less. On a loosely-related note, that line of thinking is what changed my stance on the Death Penalty some years ago. God is the giver of life, not us – so it is God who controls the destiny of life, not us.
For those saying law enforcement is always right, that could not be farther from the truth! As long as you have human authority and human representation of authority, you have inherent flaws. There’s no way around it. My distrust of law enforcement or any “authority figure” that isn’t God, Himself, is well-warranted. I respect and acknowledge the authority over me, because I’m instructed to do so in the Bible, but my respect is not mutually exclusive to or representative of my (dis)agreement with said authorities.
I almost went on an “Un-friending” spree on Facebook a couple weeks ago, but thought better of it. Everyone is entitled to an opinion – even if their opinion is wrong. Yes, there is a such thing as a wrong opinion. Wrong opinions are birthed from warped, jaded, and cynical minds. I try not to view some of my “friends” as racists, but the still small voice of the inner-cynic is telling me otherwise. Make sure you pray for me.
We have entirely too many fights on too many fronts, but the fight must continue.
Blessings,
-MB
Morris Brown
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