justice?

2/23/2020
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25 year old black man, was stalked and murdered by three white men while jogging in a suburban neighborhood near Brunswick, GA. The perpetrators were convicted of murder and given sentences of life imprisonment.

5/25/2020
George Floyd died when Derek Chauvin, a veteran Minneapolis MN police officer, knelt on Floyd's neck for 9.5 minutes while he was being arrested on a $20 bill counterfeit charge. Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison.

4/21/2021
Daunte Wright, a 20 year old black man, was fatally shot by veteran police officer Kimberly Potter during an attempted arrest in Brooklyn Center, MN. Potter claimed that she had mistaken her service weapon for her taser gun. Potter was convicted of manslaughter. Her sentence is pending.

was justice served in these cases? yes and no (maybe). I believe that it was in the Arbery and Floyd cases. I believe that it is questionable in the Potter case (it depends on the sentence that she is given).

I believe that Potter made a tragic mistake. I've made mistakes in my past. I can think of a couple of times when I was young when I drove when I had been drinking. I was probably near or above the legal limit. I wasn't stopped by police. By the grace of God I wasn't in an accident. But, I could have been.

We all make mistakes. Some mistakes have had, or could have had, tragic consequences. How will God judge us for our own stupid mistakes? How will God judge us when we deliberately hurt others by our words or actions? How will God judge us when we deliberately choose to ignore our failures to right the wrongs that our society inflicts on others?

only God knows how God will judge us. 


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