The Cross and the Molotov Cocktail
by christena on August 17, 2014 [ Content note: discussion and photos of lynching and other forms of brutality ] Young protestors lighting and preparing to launch a Molotov cocktail at Ferguson police Can you see the Imago Dei in these young men? Can you see the suffering Christ in their rage ? This morning at church, the black female preacher said aloud what many of us have been thinking: that Ferguson could have happened in our community. It could still happen in our community. Our north Minneapolis neighborhood is so much like Ferguson, it’s scary. Both communities are lower income and predominantly black. Both have overwhelmingly white police forces. Both have a history of police misconduct toward people in the community, especially lower income black men. And if you hang around long enough, you’ll feel the rage that many blacks carry in response to long-standing injustice. Yesterday, my neighbor broke down while we talked about the realities of police b...