Pastors Criticize Franklin Graham's Facebook Post in Open Letter

Franklin Graham is facing criticism after he wrote a Facebook that went viral in which he told “blacks, whites, Latinos, and everybody else” that “most police shootings can be avoided” with “respect for authority.”

 

“We didn’t know if our words would resonate. We only knew the truth that we must speak in response to Graham’s outsized influence coupled with apparent ignorance,” said Lisa Sharon Harper. “In the end, a broad representation of national evangelical leaders agreed to sign this letter to Graham as principal signatories.

 

“We will not tolerate this type of flippant, patronizing commentary from faith leaders on critical issues that mean life and death for many in the body of Christ and in communities across America,” she wrote. “We won’t tolerate it, even one more day.”