Residents of Lake Worth Beach got together to advocate for two of the area's historically Black cemeteries on Tuesday night, forming a human chain around one of them.
/ Bishop Melvin Pinkney of New Life Zion Temple lead Black Lives Matter chants in front of the Lake Worth Beach city hall along Dixie Highway. July 2020
When a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Bishop Melvin Pinkney, leader of New Life Zion Temple in Lake Worth Beach, said a lot of residents were on edge about the murder trial, including him.
“To be honest with you, I was very worried. I was torn. I was just feeling like, Lord don’t let this go the wrong way, ” Pinkney said. “He was found guilty as he should have been and I thank God for that.”