~Dallas Police Chief David Brown speaking in response to Black Lives Matter protests in Dallas following recent police shootings~
Like so many others, I was moved by the recent events in Dallas, Texas. Many have drawn conclusions of that sunny day in Dallas on November 22, 1963 when our nation lost a leader. Although very young at that time, my only memory of the assasination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy was what my mother told me of that day, of how she stopped washing clothes as the news came in over the radio of a death in Dallas. There are many people alive today who recall just what they were doing when the news was announced. For many, the world stopped. For others, innocence died. That was 1963, and on July 7, 2016, yet another assasination stained the history of the city of Dallas, Texas. For on that day, former Army reserve soldier and Afghanistan veteran Micah Xavier Johnson shot and killed five Dallas police officers while injuring nine others, including two civilians. Two assasinations, two acts of hatred perpetrated by those who would use the rifle as their form of protest. There are those who would argue that our very nation was born out of protest. Perhaps, but not out of such wantan hatred for others. For the officers that perished in the line of duty in Dallas that night died while protecting the very protestors who were protesting police violence. Imagine if these brave men had steadfastly refused to defend the very people who were vilifying them. However, that would not be in their job nor their creed. The motto of "To protect and to serve" would not do these men justice. For as president Obama would claim, "When the bullets started flying, the men and women of the Dallas Police...they did not flinch."
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 1:27 NKJV
The protests which the five officers died protecting in Dallas were a part of a Democratic party front group known as Black Lives Matter. Unless you've been out of the loop for awhile, you've heard of these often violent protests which have sprung up across the country in the wake of recent police shootings. In my former hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota, a officer was injured when a bottle tossed by a black lives matter democrat puppet hit him in the face. This isn't a protest, but a organized assault. I have been inclined to ask anyone involved in these protests just two simple questions. First off, who is financing your activities, George Soros? Second, and most important, when you stake the claim that "Black lives matter," are you claiming that our Lord has not created all mankind in His very image? I'm sorry, but as a christian I often filter our current events through my spiritual beliefs. In the eyes of Christ Jesus, there is no black, white or any other human created racial divide. No, for we are ALL created in the very image of our Lord and creator. In the eyes of our Lord Jesus, every life matters. For He is the great shepherd. I have not once heard this truth utterd by the pompous so called reverends Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. No, for the main task of these two clowns is to be a part of the problem and not of the solution to the divide in this nation. In the matter of the value of human life, we are all valued by our Lord Jesus.
In the days following the tragedy in Dallas, one moment has remained in my heart. Speaking at a Dallas news conference, chief David Brown chafed at the suggestion of the importance of the recent protests. This man had just witnessed the brutal, hate filled assasination of five of his officers. he somberly told a earlier news conference, "We're hurting." On this day, chief Brown pulled no punches as he had a message for those who would bring violence and hate to his city, "Become part of the solution. Serve your community." I wonder just how many of the Black Lives Matter protestors will have the fortitude to take him up on his offer.
~Scott~
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