Gloucester County NAACP Stand in solidarity with victims and their families in the Pittsburgh Massacre
The Gloucester County NAACP on Tuesday, Oct. 30th strongly condemned the hatred-motivated shooting inside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday, in which eleven people where, murdered in cold blood and six others were wounded, including law enforcement personnel. We tearfully express our prayerful condolences to the families who have suffered the loss of a loved one and those injured during this tragic and senseless occurrence.
“This blatant act of terrorism inside a place of worship cannot be something that should happen in the God-Loving America we all know. An America, where people of all religious denominations are free to exercise their religious or ideological beliefs without fear of aggression or even murder,” said Loretta Winters, President of the Gloucester County NAACP.
“As African Americans, who have long endured the terrorism of hate-inspired violence in many places where we worship, we are most aware of what terrorism looks like and we stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of the Jewish faith at this painful time.”
Anti-Semitism, racism, xenophia, and hatred represents the devil trying to influence and disrupt the democracy people of diverse backgrounds and faiths have fought together to forge in our democratic republic. The Gloucester County NAACP has a proven history of joining the Jewish community, as well as the Muslim community, whenever they have been targeted by hate-inspired individuals and groups, and will support all communities that are attacked because of who they are by hate mongering person or persons.
The Gloucester County NAACP is calling on all elected and or seeking elective office, to represent us in New Jersey and in Washington D.C. to denounce, without a filter, all those politicians and others who play on the fears towards other Americans of different races, religions, sex or ethnicities, to join the Gloucester County NAACP to strongly condemn the Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre.
As a branch of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, we stand ready to support individuals, institutions, and organizations that support our mission of equality and inclusion for all who live in the country, founded by those seeking religious freedom and the right to worship without fear of condemnation or violent acts of aggression.
Let us remind ourselves, that the Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre is just an extension of all the other acts of terroristic-style behavior that have preceded it. Coming on the aftermath of the bombs that were sent to people who often disagree with President Donald Trump, and the approaching midterm elections, we should ask ourselves if this and other incidents of violence during the past two years is coincidental or real. Whatever, it is important to vote in the November 6th elections for those candidates committed to uniting our country and curbing the unfortunate violent acts that have torn many fellow Americans from us for life.