I commend you for your sincerity, altruism and activism. And having said that I don’t mean to disparage you or your efforts in any way - so keep on doing the good and unselfish work that you have begun.

However, let me ask you or your audience this question. What measurable effect(s) has benign activism had on the pernicious and systemic problems that have plagued our nation (particularly the inner-cities), for what is beginning to seem like forever?

I have witnessed and participated in similar demonstrations, coast to coast, and I haven’t see any measurable improvements or changes myself - take the nation’s Capital (Dodge City) for example, where marches like these occur all the time. Murder is still rampant in DC despite the efforts of former Chief Ramsey and its new police chief, not to mention all over the rest of the American landscape. Murder is also on the rise in the ‘burbs’! Are we simply living in a predetermined and once prophesied age of lawlessness? Are Christians attemtping to abut biblical prophecy themselves?

It would appear, anecdotally, that all these rallies typically end up doing is to provide a stage for well-intended individuals to ventilate and assuage their own feelings, as well as to preach to the choir - the ones who are not guilty of commiting the crimes in the first place. What has to happen in order for those hardcore individuals who are responsible for the problem(s) in the first place, to decide to change?

Note: The FBI keeps an unofficial crime statistic, not a part of its standard Uniform Crime Statistics. The unoffical statistic reflects the number of times that a gun is discharged when used in a felony situation by an American citizen.

The number of discharges have grown exponentially over the years. In short, Americans in many instances are emptying their guns on their helpless victims. Evil is becoming more entrenched within the American society. I suspect that kind platitudes and feel good marches will continue to fail to address the real hard-core problems that face our nation!

You noted that you were the only minister at the rally. I attended a minister’s pre-rally organizational meeting, recently in the city of Akron Ohio. The planning was being done in response to an alleged instance of police brutality - the death of a young black man was the precipitating factor. Having said that, the minister’s never called for a ’solemn assembly’, or for the use of any spiritual weapons. The tenor of the minister’s meeting was much like a KKK Rally itself.

Hint at a likely solution (in addition to rallying): If my people who are called by my name would…!