In the last several days, two African-American men have been killed by police.
In Tulsa, a man named Terence Crutcher was shot and killed after his car stalled out in the middle of the road. Video from the shooting appears to show Crutcher with his hands up in the moments before he was shot.
In Charlotte, Keith Lamont Scott was killed after police officers came to his apartment complex looking for someone else. Police say Scott exited his car and refused to put a gun down. His family, however, says he was unarmed.
The shootings have sparked protests and demonstrations, and in Charlotte, things have gotten violent, with the governor declaring a state of emergency.
The two shootings follow several years of similar incidents, in which black Americans have died in police shootings or while in police custody. Many are calling for reforms, and the Black Lives Matter movement continues to bring new awareness to the violence.
We recently collected tweets from pastors and Christian leaders around the country, who’ve shared their thoughts, prayers and calls to change on Twitter.
(Note: More tweets may be added throughout the afternoon.)
Eugene Cho
Pastor and author
Propaganda
Hip-hop artist
DA Horton
Author and National Coordinator for Urban Students at the North American Mission Board
Austin Channing
Author and Resident Director and Multicultural Liaison for Calvin College
John Gray
Pastor
Lecrae
Hip-hop artist and author
Shane Claiborne
Activist, speaker and author
Carl Lentz
Pastor
Joshua DuBois
Author, columnist, head of Values Partnerships
Rachel Held Evans
Author and speaker
BJ Thompson
Director of Build Us Better
Russell Moore
Author and President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention
Christena Cleveland
Author and speaker
Jen Hatmaker
Author and speaker
Israel Houghton
Recording artist
Jemar Tisby
Author and President of Reformed African American Network
Trillia Newbell
Author and journalist
Zakiya Jackson
Author and Leadership team at Collected Young Minds