CLEVELAND — United Pastors in Mission (UPM) says that they are heartbroken today over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, as well as the continued killings of unarmed black men and women all over the United States.
The group, which is the largest organization of nondenominational and interracial pastors in the Cleveland area, brought together some of the most prominent members of the religious community in Northeast Ohio today to discuss the death of George Floyd.
The group included Rev. Dr. Larry L. Macon, Sr., president of UPM, Rev. Dr. Marvin A. McMickle interim pastor of Antioch church, the Rev. Dr. C.J. Matthews of Mt. Sinai Church and the Rev. Dr. William H. Myers, professor of Religion in Black studies at Ashland Theological Seminary
“I am saddened by what’s going on in 2020 across the nation in the continued killing of innocent black men," said the Reverend Dr. Otis Moss Jr.
Outrage in Minneapolis has turned to riots, while many other cities begin to hold mass protests over the death of another black man at the hands of the police.
A rally is set to take place in downtown Cleveland on Saturday in protest of what many say are the unfair racial biases of the police in the United States.
Watch the full discussion from the UPM here.