Chicago pastors hundreds downtown weekend Loop chaos
-- A coalition of Chicago pastors is organizing a walk this Saturday in response to last weekend's chaos downtown.
Some of the pastors said they feel responsible for what happened over the weekend because the teens in those videos are from their communities. Bishop Dr. Horace Smith of Apostolic Faith Church said he felt accountable after watching teens jump on a CTA bus and learning two boys were shot during the"'Our children' is not just a biological word. It really is a commitment spiritually, socially, culturally. Most of these were Black young men and women.
"We as church people tend to operate on the ethic of love. So we say we want to step out in the name of love to one affirm the dignity of all kids. Even those who were violent, those who were hurt," said Watson Jones III, Executive Pastor of Salem Baptist Church. "We must invest with them, lets face it, educationally. We must make sure they are properly educated. Critical," Smith said.
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