Attending the inauguration in person is discouraged, but the delegation plans to be there in advance. We need to have voices of clergy courageously standing forth, more now than ever, and it just did not cross our minds to cancel this event, said Rev. Marshall Hatch, New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church.
Pastor Hatch was at his West Side church Monday for service on Martin Luther King Day. He will be in D.C. by tomorrow. It is very important to have voices calling for health reconciliation, national unity and to wish the new administration well, he said.
The group will have a press conference and prayer in front of the National Cathedral, for what they are calling Saving the Soul of America.
The footage showed Chicago police entering the wrong home belonging to Anjanette Young during a botched raid and handcuffing her naked.
City faith leaders called on officials to answer how many tapes exist, when the mayor knew of the incident and how many individuals knew of the incident. We need the same Lori Lightfoot that ran for office. She rode the horse of police reform to city hall, Rev. Ira Acree, pastor of Greater St. John Bible Church, said.
The Chicago mayor s office released a statement Friday evening calling for officers involved in the botched Chicago police raid caught on body worn cameras be identified and held accountable.