Pastor Brooks comments on the tragic shooting of an eight-year-old girl in Chicago Saturday
This past Tuesday, six children were shot within 24 hours. In an earlier Rooftop Revelation, I said it was five kids when it was actually six. Is there any hope for Chicago?
I've been working to counter this violence and despair for so long through Project H.O.O.D. and my community center that's housed on the second floor of our church. And before we started, this very area was ranked as the most dangerous neighborhood in all of Chicago. Now, because of our work, it doesn't even make the list. You know why? Because we gave people in our community the most valuable thing you can give anyone: hope.
And what makes me so angry and infuriates me is that we see our leaders mocking our efforts with their wishy-washy ideas, like defund the police. Come on, man. The police are not our enemy. Equity initiatives? Come on, we need equality of opportunity. All of this race talk in the classrooms? We need traditional and rigorous education.
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