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Kentucky Governor’s Crime Plan: Volunteer ‘Prayer Patrols’ Roaming The Streets
“Prayer WILL change things,” Matt Bevin vows.
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) unveiled his plan to fight crime in the city of Louisville on Thursday: Volunteer patrols that will not report or stop criminal activity, but pray it away.
Bevin suggested at a community meeting that volunteer groups of between three and 10 people would adopt specific blocks and walk around them while praying, according to WHAS, the Louisville ABC station.
“You know, you walk to a corner, pray for the people, talk to people along the way,” Bevin said, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. “No songs, no singing, no bullhorn, no T-shirts, no chanting. Be pleasant, talk to the people, that’s it.”
Bevin said participants would make year-long commitments, and even suggested specific zip codes for the roving bands of prayer police to patrol.
“Prayer WILL change things,” Bevin wrote on Twitter.
“Prayer is powerful, and a people united in prayer will make a difference in their communities,” he wrote in another tweet.
Rev. Clay Calloway of the West Louisville Ministers Coalition was so disgusted by the governor’s comments that he walked out of the meeting.
“The only thing I wish was present was a barf bag in front of my seat so I could throw up,” Calloway told local Fox affiliate WDRB. “Otherwise, I might have stayed a little bit longer.”
More: Kentucky Governor's Crime Plan: Volunteer 'Prayer Patrols' Roaming The Streets
Where do people like this come from? What kind of people would elect such a governor? Kentucky?
“Prayer WILL change things,” Matt Bevin vows.
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) unveiled his plan to fight crime in the city of Louisville on Thursday: Volunteer patrols that will not report or stop criminal activity, but pray it away.
Bevin suggested at a community meeting that volunteer groups of between three and 10 people would adopt specific blocks and walk around them while praying, according to WHAS, the Louisville ABC station.
“You know, you walk to a corner, pray for the people, talk to people along the way,” Bevin said, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. “No songs, no singing, no bullhorn, no T-shirts, no chanting. Be pleasant, talk to the people, that’s it.”
Bevin said participants would make year-long commitments, and even suggested specific zip codes for the roving bands of prayer police to patrol.
“Prayer WILL change things,” Bevin wrote on Twitter.
“Prayer is powerful, and a people united in prayer will make a difference in their communities,” he wrote in another tweet.
Rev. Clay Calloway of the West Louisville Ministers Coalition was so disgusted by the governor’s comments that he walked out of the meeting.
“The only thing I wish was present was a barf bag in front of my seat so I could throw up,” Calloway told local Fox affiliate WDRB. “Otherwise, I might have stayed a little bit longer.”
More: Kentucky Governor's Crime Plan: Volunteer 'Prayer Patrols' Roaming The Streets
Where do people like this come from? What kind of people would elect such a governor? Kentucky?