Many black Americans argued that a gesture of forgiveness took the focus off the killing of an innocent, unarmed black man and made it about the white woman who killed him. AP national race writer emarvelous on a moment not everyone found touching.
from the victim’s brother and the black judge on the case, some saw it as a moment of amazing grace and redemption.Mistaken apartment shooting
“Very few communities in our nation have had to suffer as much as black people, who have also been robbed of the opportunity to emote from that experience,” said the Rev. Michael Waters, pastor of Joy Tabernacle African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dallas who has pushed for police reform in the city.
The Rev. Sharon Risher, whose mother, Ethel Lee Lance, was killed in the attack, was not among those who immediately forgave the killer. “I stated a long time ago that if you’re more concerned about potential unrest than you are about potential injustice, that’s problematic,” Waters said.
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