Black leaders’ silence on riots is devastating

Published August 12, 2020 7:39pm ET



In the wake of mob violence and mass looting of upscale stores on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, Jesse Jackson declared, “This act of pillaging, robbing, and looting was humiliating, embarrassing, and morally wrong. It must not be associated with our quest for social justice and equality.”

Jackson should be commended for taking a stand, but he is a lone voice and a late voice. For three months, our country has been ravaged by Black Lives Matter and the minions of a race-grievance movement that, under the guise of crusaders for justice, have steadily escalated their agenda with an ultimate goal of undermining the foundation of our nation’s values and principles and bringing it to ruin.

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