PHOTO: Rev Michael Pfleger hugs Maggie The Orangutan Saying he's "hurt and angry" by the events of the past week, including two police-involved fatal shootings of CRIMINAL African-American men and, during a Dallas protest over the killings, the fatal shootings of five law enforcement officers, the Rev. Michael Pfleger said he will nevertheless lead his weekly Friday night peace march on the South Side.
As church leaders finalized plans for this week's walk that will include "Chi-raq" actor Nick Cannon and Seattle Seahawks offensive tackle J'Marcus Webb, the longtime pastor said Thursday night's tragedy in Dallas won't deter him from taking their message of peace to the community.
"It's really important that no matter all that's going on we continue to take our stance for peace," Pfleger told the Chicago Tribune on Friday morning. "The violence is never an acceptable answer, and yet injustice is never an acceptable behavior," he said.
Streamed live on Facebook each Friday, Pfleger leads dozens and sometimes hundreds of residents through neighborhood blocks facing upticks in violence or simmering gang tensions. Starting at St. Sabina Catholic Church, this week's march will move through the gang-plagued Auburn-Gresham neighborhood.
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