Holy Trinity Stands With the Family of Michael Brown and the People of Ferguson

August 23, 2026

Remarks by Rev. Gilbert in Washington, D.C.

Hands Up!
No Justice!

-Tonight we stand to demand justice for the death of Michael Brown.
 
-Tonight we stand to demand the arrest of Over-Seer Darren Wilson
 
-Tonight we stand to demand that a federal task force be created to take action against the de mili tization of neighborhood policing in America.
 
-Tonight we stand to demand that police officers wear video cameras on the person at all times.
 
-Tonight we stand to tell America it is time to end institutional racism now.
 
The death and treatment of Michael Brown is not an isolated case in America. For the Black man, the treatment of Michael Brown by police over-seers across these United States is the norm. For there is a study that shows every 28 hours a black person is killed by the police.  
 
And so tonight we stand to tell the racist officer in the big city and the small town - no more!
 
No more to killing our children
No more to beating our fathers
No more to man handling our women
We say No More!
 
Now some say we are not patriotic because we are standing up to the police and America. I say to these mis-directed individuals that we support the officer who serves the people, but not the over-seer who stands over. We support the officers who protect us, but not the over-seers who target us just for being black. We support the officers who attempt to build relationships with us, but not the over-seers who see us as animals that need to be locked up in a cage.
 
Finally we say to America, you should be afraid. You have awakened your worst nightmare. You have awakened the hip hop generation. You have awakened the boys in the hood. And unless you repent from your sins, unless you remove the barriers of your systematic racial injustices you will fall a great fall. America you must change your ways. For the Bible says, "righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people."  
 
You may have knocked us down, but you have not knocked us out.
We will keep marching. We will keep fighting. We will stay the course. And remember, weeping may endure for a night but joy will come in the morning light.  
No Justice!!!

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