TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2014, I WAS INVITED TO A TOWN HALL MEETING AT THE EMPOWERMENT TEMPLE CHURCH, WHICH IS IN BALTIMORE MARYLAND, MINISTERED BY PASTOR JAMAL BRYANT! THIS MEETING WAS SUPPOSED TO BEEN ABOUT COMING TOGETHER WITH LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY SO THAT AS A CIVILIZED PEOPLE, WE COULD AGREE WITH SOLUTIONS TO THE POLICE BRUTALITY THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ALL OVER THE NATION HAS BEEN USING AGAINST ITS CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY THE BLACK PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY! IT WAS BEING BROADCASTED BY THE RADIO STATION 92Q, AND THE CABLE TELEVISION STATION TV ONE! THE MEETING WAS FULL OF GRANDSTANDING OFFICIALS, TELLING THE PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, AND IGNORING THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY! INSTEAD OF COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS, THEY WERE BLAMING THE PEOPLE FOR THE CONDITION THEY WERE IN! CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH CUMMINGS WAS THERE! ALTHOUGH, HE HAS A REPUTATION FOR ATTENDING TO THE NEEDS OF HIS DISTRICT, ALL HE DID WAS VOICED HIS CONCERNS! HE DIDNT GIVE ANY SOLUTION CONCERNING POLICE BRUTALITY! MAYOR STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE WAS THERE! SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT A CASE CONCERNING A 3 YEAR OLD CHILD, THAT WAS KILLED, BUT NO ONE HAD COME FOWARD WITH INFORMATION TO PROSECUTE THE OFFENDER, BUT YET HE WAS IN JAIL ON A DIFFERENT OFFENSE! SHE IS SUPPOSE TO BE THE BOSS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, YET SHE CANT GIVE SOLUTIONS TOWARDS STOPPING POLICE BRUTALITY! DEFENSE ATTORNEY MARLENE MOSLEY WAS THERE, TALKING ABOUT THE 5 GENERATIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HER FAMILY HAD PRODUCED! SPEAKING AS IF SHE WAS TALKING DOWN TO THE PEOPLE, AND HOW PRIVILEGED SHE WAS TO BE THERE! AND HOW IF SHE WAS VOTED INTO THE STATES ATTORNEY OFFICE, SHE WOULD DO A BETTER JOB OF PROSECUTING POLICE OFFICERS THAT BREAKS THE LAW, BUT AS OF THIS MOMENT THERE WASNT MUCH THAT SHE COULD DO! SO AGAIN, NO SOLUTIONS WERE GIVEN TO STOP THE UNJUST VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHO DIDNT DESERVED TO DIE! ANTHONY BATTS, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE BALTIMORE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT DIDNT HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SHOW UP FOR THE MEETING INSTEAD HE SENT A PATROL OFFICER , WHOSE NAME THAT I DIDNT MEAN TO FORGET, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I FORGOT, ONE WHO ACTED LIKE HE WAS AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER, AND WAS JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE SAYING TO THE AUDIENCE, YES, ITS SOME PEOPLE WHO DONT BELONG IN A POLICE UNIFORM, YET THEY ARE ON THE POLICE FORCE AND WILL BE THERE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR, BEFORE THEY CAN BE GOTTEN RID OF! AND THEN THERE WAS PASTOR HUBER! NOW, PASTOR HUBER SAID WHAT THE AUDIENCE NEEDED TO HEAR, YET THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE AFRAID TO SAY! PASTOR HUBER, IN MY OPINION MADE THE PROPER STATEMENTS THAT WERE MORE SO LIKE SOLUTIONS! BY FAR THE BEST SPEAKER OF THE MEETING! HE SAID FIRST AND FOREMOST THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDED TO KNOW AND BE CONCERNED OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES! HE SAID HOW COULD WE COMPLAIN OF WHATS NOT HAPPENING WHEN YOU ARE NOT MAKING NOTHING HAPPEN! HOW CAN WE DEMAND OUR OFFICIALS TO DO FOR US WHAT WE ARE NOT DOING FOR OURSELVES!? HOW CAN WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN WHEN WE ARE AFRAID OF OUR CHILDREN!? IN HIS VOICE WAS A MEANINGFUL TONE, A DESIRE TO HELP A LOST, DOWNTRODDEN DESTROYED PEOPLE THAT WAS BEING SHOT DOWN IN THE STREETS OF AMERICA LIKE ANIMALS! IN HIS VOICE, HE SOUNDED SINCERE LIKE HE CARED ABOUT PEOPLE! BUT, HE WAS DIRECT AND ON POINT! EVERYTHING THAT HE SHARED WAS RIGHT! NOT THAT I DISLIKE CHURCH PEOPLE, BECAUSE I LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE THE LORD OF CREATION, AND PUT THE GOD BEFORE THEMSELVES, BUT HALF OF THE ATTENDING AUDIENCE WAS CHURCH MEMBERS OF EMPOWERMENT TEMPLE CHURCH AND COULD NOT SEE THE DECEIT IN PASTOR JAMAL BRYANTS MOTIVES FOR CALLING THE MEETING! LIKE I SAID, I WAS INVITED BY A WOMAN THAT I AM ATTRACTED TOO AND ME BEING A SUPPORTIVE PERSON, I ATTENDED TO SUPPORT HER! BUT, I ALSO TOLD HER THAT I WOULD VOICE MY TRUTH OF WHAT I KNEW AND NOT WHAT IT APPEARED TO BE CONCERNING THIS SO-CALLED TOWN HALL MEETING! THIS YOUNG LADY BEING A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PASTOR JAMAL BRYANT IS LIKEN TO A SHEEP BEING LED TO SLAUGHTER! SHE CANT SEE BEYOND THE FACT THAT BROTHER BRYANTS CONGREGATION IS A LARGE ONE-10,000 MEMBERS! HOW DO YOU SPARE SOMEONES FEELING WITHOUT APPEARING TO BE THE BAD GUY!? YOU TELL THEM THE TRUTH AS YOU SEE IT AND AS IT IS UNIVERSALLY! YOU CANT COMPRISE YOUR TRUTH FOR THE FEAR OF HURTING SOMEONE YOU LIKE FEELINGS! TOO THYSELF BE TRUE! HOW CAN I BE TRUE TO HER IF I LIE TO HER!? HOW CAN I BE TRUE TO MYSELF!? THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU THINK IT HURTS FOR THAT MOMENT! I KNOW THAT THIS COMMENT IS A VERY LONG ONE, BUT I AM ATTEMPTING TO SHORTEN THE COMMENT, AND CONTINUE AT ANOTHER TIME! BUT AGAIN, THAT IS THE PROBLEM-TIME!!! SURELY BY THE TIME, MAN WILL BE AT LOSS UNLESS HE BELIEVES AND DO GOOD, AND ENJOIN EACH ONE IN TRUTH AND ENJOIN EACH ONE IN PATIENCE! I WILL EXAMINE THAT VERSE LATER! BUT, FOR NOW, THE TOWN HALL MEETING AT EMPOWERMENT TEMPLE CHURCH OF BALTIMORE MARYLAND WAS TO NO AVAIL, NOT A THING WAS SOLVED! HERE ARE A FEW OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT I KNOW WILL PUT US IN PROGRESSION!!! 1)PARENTS AND TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY THE PARENTS, TEACH YOUR CHILDREN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEMSELVES! TEACH THEM THAT THE GOD THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR OR LACKING IS INSIDE OF THEM! THIS GIVES THEM A SENSE OF KNOWING THAT THEY BELONG! THAT THEY ARE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN ALL OF THE GOLD AND SILVER IN THE WORLD! 2)LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE LOVED BY YOU, AND IF EVER THEY FEEL ISOLATED AND LONELY, THE GOD WITHIN THEM IS ALWAYS THERE, HE NEVER LEAVES! 3)
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:36:14 +0000
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