Russell Moore, a white evangelical leader in the Southern Baptist Convention, was recording an audio segment this week when he heard about the Eric Garner grand jury decision. The news rendered him “literally speechless,” he said. Moore was stunned and didn’t know what to say. But his speechlessness didn’t last for long.
Just hours after Staten Island jurors declined to indict a white New York police officer for the July death of Garner, an African American, Moore released a statement that has become widely quoted, especially as both liberals and conservatives (including other white evangelicals) have reacted critically to the grand jury’s decision.
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