She went on to describe Michael Brown's death as a "sacramental offering" which continues to challenge us to address our divisions and the injustices in this nation that are far more than skin deep.

She opined, "This nation was founded with a vision for freedom, a vision that has required repeated challenges in order to move toward true liberty for all the people of this land and that the Episcopal Church will continue to partner and push for racial reconciliation in Missouri and across this land."

A former Episcopal bishop told VOL, "Not surprisingly Jefferts Schori appears to have taken her lead from Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson by ignoring the pertinent facts of the case. If Brown had been white, it would have been a one day, third page article. But since he was black, it becomes a springboard for politically correct outrage."

The violence that has followed is clearly disproportionate to the single death of one man. Millions of dollars' worth of properties, including cars, have gone up in flames coupled with looting and the death of yet another man. Meanwhile the police and National Guard stood helplessly by either afraid to acerbate rising tensions or simply not being there when it happened. Where were they?

In a city only a few hours away from the St. Louis suburb where protesters have hoisted Michael Brown onto a pedestal, records show that in the 107 days since Brown was killed, there have been 244 teens killed in the Windy City -- nearly all from gang violence.

Black on black teen killings in Chicago has reached epidemic proportions and not a word has been said about this death toll by Mr. Sharpton, MCNBC or CNN. 74 percent of these homicides were black teens. Only ten were killed by Chicago's police department. One did not hear from the Presiding Bishop on this outright killing of ordinary black Americans.

One online story asked, "As the lives of hundreds of teens are laid waste in Chicago, Jesse Jackson, who lives in that very city, remains quiet. Al Sharpton has bypassed Chicago in his constant trips about the country to capitalize on violence against blacks. And former Obama Chief of Staff, now Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, has issued no comment."

More recently, a Cleveland police officer shot and killed a 12-year-old black boy carrying a replica gun near a playground and he was standing less than 10 feet away! Where is the collective Black outrage at this? Why did we not get a comment from Mrs. Jefferts Schori about this single killing of a kid carrying a toy gun!

Selective outrage seems to be the order of the day by The Episcopal Church's leadership. Did we (mostly white) not elect a Black president? Who would have thought that possible only 20 years ago?

Yes, there is racism in America and yes, it is systemic and it will probably never be eradicated. Neither will anti-Semitism. We live with it sadly. But to make white America feel endlessly guilty for the deaths of individual black (or any other color) persons is simply to ignore the bigger and larger picture.

The fact that a bi-racial Grand Jury could not find sufficient evidence to bring an indictment against the officer must be taken into account, that's a fact that cannot be ignored.

What has erupted from the single death of one black male is sheer lawless, unjustifiable behavior that may well cost the city any hope of its having a good future. Millions will need to be spent to rebuild what has been destroyed. The city may never fully recover.

The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic, noted Joseph Stalin. The death of one Missouri man is a tragedy, but to selectively blame millions for his death is wrong. To accuse the system of being unduly unjust is to fly in the face of reality.

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