DC Episcopal Bishop Decries Trump Photo-op in Front of St. John's
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Not without a permit in that park. If asked to leave, they must leave if they don't have a permit. So in this case? NO |
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Get off my lawn. |
Anonymous
Why were peaceful unarmed protestors asked to leave while armed thugs were allowed to storm the Michigan state capitol? |
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Obviously you PPs are not Episcopalians. As a lifelong one, I completely understand the Bishops reaction and not being more outraged over the vandalism. Maybe come to our church sometime and find out what we are about. |
Anonymous
So you now admit that they were gathering illegally and should have left when they were asked. They didn't, so the police had to use tear gas to force the issue. The optics? I think the images and video of people being beaten near to death, and all the looting and graffiti far surpass what you are complaining about. But....TRUMP.... BAD ORANGE MAN |
Anonymous
Because there were no riots, beatings, and lootings associated with the armed individuals that showed up at the Michigan state capitol. |
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+ 1. The Episcopalian church is probably one of the most accepting and open minded Protestant faiths, if not THE most open minded. Not conservative at all. They also speak out against injustices against humanity and believe in upholding the divinity of every single human being, no matter the differences (gay, straight, trans, Christian, non Christian, black, white, etc). Educate yourself. |
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Facebook post from the St John's church rector:
Friends, I am ok, but I am, frankly shaken. I was at St. John's, Lafayette Square most of the afternoon, with fellow clergy and laypeople - and clergy from some other denominations too. We were passing out water and snacks, and helping the patio area at St. John's, Lafayette square to be a place of respite and peace. All was well - with a few little tense moments - until about 6:15 or so. By then, I had connected with the Black Lives Matter medic team, which was headed by an EMT. Those people were AMAZING. They had been on the patio all day, and thankfully had not had to use much of the eyewash they had made. Around 6:15 or 6:30, the police started really pushing protestors off of H Street (the street between the church and Lafayette Park, and ultimately, the White House. They started using tear gas and folks were running at us for eyewashes or water or wet paper towels. At this point, Julia, one of our seminarians for next year (who is a trauma nurse) and I looked at each other in disbelief. I was coughing, her eyes were watering, and we were trying to help people as the police - in full riot gear - drove people toward us. Julia and her classmates left and I stayed with the BLM folks trying to help people. Suddenly, around 6:30, there was more tear gas, more concussion grenades, and I think I saw someone hit by a rubber bullet - he was grasping his stomach and there was a mark on his shirt. The police in their riot gear were literally walking onto the St. John's, Lafayette Square patio with these metal shields, pushing people off the patio and driving them back. People were running at us as the police advanced toward us from the other side of the patio. We had to try to pick up what we could. The BLM medic folks were obviously well practiced. They picked up boxes and ran. I was so stunned I only got a few water bottles and my spray bottle of eyewash. We were literally DRIVEN OFF of the St. John's, Lafayette Square patio with tear gas and concussion grenades and police in full riot gear. We were pushed back 20 feet, and then eventually - with SO MANY concussion grenades - back to K street. By the time I got back to my car, around 7, I was getting texts from people saying that Trump was outside of St. John's, Lafayette Square. I literally COULD NOT believe it. WE WERE DRIVEN OFF OF THE PATIO AT ST. JOHN'S - a place of peace and respite and medical care throughout the day - SO THAT MAN COULD HAVE A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH!!! PEOPLE WERE HURT SO THAT HE COULD POSE IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH WITH A BIBLE! HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO STEP OVER THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES WE LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE WE WERE BEING TEAR GASSED!!!! I am deeply shaken. I did not see any protestors throw anything until the tear gas and concussion grenades started, and then it was mostly water bottles. I am shaken, not so much by the taste of tear gas and the bit of a cough I still have, but by the fact that that show of force was for a PHOTO OPPORTUNITY. The patio of St. John's, Lafayette square had been HOLY GROUND today. A place of respite and laughter and water and granola bars and fruit snacks. But that man turned it into a BATTLE GROUND first, and a cheap political stunt second. I am DEEPLY OFFENDED on behalf of every protestor, every Christian, the people of St. John's, Lafayette square, every decent person there, and the BLM medics who stayed with just a single box of supplies and a backpack, even when I got too scared and had to leave. I am ok. But I am now a force to be reckoned with. https://www.facebook.com/gini.gerbasi/posts/10157575422089624 |
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That’s because they were saving up all their criminality for this week, all the better to cause more mayhem and pain to black people. |
Anonymous
I think you are a toddler in sore need of some sleep. They weren’t gathering illegally at all - but Trump did just commit a war crime against his own fellow citizens. You nut jobs keep harping on a few business owners allegedly being beaten, but you don’t care that George Floyd is dead, or that that follows on 400 years of inequality. You’re worried about graffiti and looting when you don’t care what the GOP has done to the environment or how they’ve robbed the middle class and poor blind to give billionaires more money. So I say again: go get a snack and go to bed. Hopefully you can wake up more mature in the morning. |
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