When Florida Police Used Mug Shots of Black Men as Target Practice, Clergy Responded with #UseMeInstead – QR Blog Editor | God’s Politics Blog | Sojourners.

The effort was “motivated by our service to Christ and his call to love our neighbors,” Gonnerman told The Post.

“We initially started thinking if a whole lot of us, in our clergy collar and worship attire, sent our photos to them, it would make a really powerful statement,” Rev. Kris Totzke, a pastor in Texas, told The Post. “Then, it really snowballed, and we got people all over the country and of all different faiths.”

 

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