When Truth Is Under Siege: A Prophetic Call to Confront Racial Injustice
As our nation teeters under the weight of a government shutdown, the President threatens to fire federal workers—while simultaneously deploying hundreds of federal agents in militarized raids. In Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, ICE agents descended from Black Hawk helicopters onto residential rooftops. Snipers were positioned. Streets were locked down. Nearly 300 agents were involved. And all of it was funded by taxpayer dollars—during a shutdown.
This is not just enforcement. It’s intimidation. It’s a show of force against communities already burdened by poverty, displacement, and racial profiling.
Let’s be clear: the people being targeted are not just “illegal immigrants.” They are workers. Neighbors. Parents. And yes—taxpayers. Every paycheck they earn is docked for Social Security, Medicare, and income tax. They contribute to the economy, fund public services, and live under the same laws. But instead of protection, they receive persecution.
And while these raids escalate, there is no similar crackdown on undocumented immigrants from Germany, Russia, France, Britain, Italy, Greece, Australia, or China No helicopters for white visa overstays. No snipers for those of fair complexion who blend in. The pattern is clear—and it is racial. The targets are overwhelmingly Hispanic and people of color, descendants of ethnic communities long marginalized and criminalized.
This is not just selective. It’s systemic. And it’s racial.
I watched Channel 4 NBC News local DC all evening on the next day after this event, not a single word was mentioned about this raid. Not one headline. Not one report. The only thing uplifted on channel 4 was the return of NBA to NBC this major incident was Silence. And silence, in the face of injustice, is complicity.
Meanwhile, the President has ordered the removal of slavery exhibits from museums and promised to restore Confederate statues to public spaces. This is not just historical revisionism—it is cultural warfare. It is the erasure of truth. It is a warning.
As believers, we cannot afford to be silent. Scripture calls us to speak, to stand, to resist:
Isaiah 59:14–15 (NIV) “So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.” '
We are living in that moment. Truth is stumbling. Justice is retreating. And those who speak out are being hunted.
But we must not put our heads in the sand. We must speak the truth. Because truth is power. And silence is surrender.
If this keeps going unchecked, it will not just remain a threat—it will become a rupture. We are already too far gone to pretend this is normal. This is a moral emergency. And the church must not be found asleep.
When Power Becomes the Predator: A Warning from History
Our fears used to be the robber on the street, the rapist in the alley, the sex offender next door, or the drug dealer down the block. But now, the fear comes from the highest seat of authority—the one entrusted to protect us.
When the President of the United States targets people of color, erases their history, and militarizes raids against their communities, the danger is no longer isolated. It is institutional. It is racial. It is spiritual.
I will quote what Trump's press secretary stated when asked why they are deported when they had committed no crime? She said with a sharp reply that “They’re in our country illegally” That's a crime. So are the ones of white complexion from different European nations who are here without visa. Who are here undocumented, and are immigrants from around the world mostly of European descent criminals also? Some maybe for sure, but they are not the target. This is not just selective. It’s systemic. And it’s racism.
We’ve seen this before. In Germany, Jews were slowly stripped of rights, vilified, and eventually hunted. Genocide didn’t begin with bullets—it began with silence. With propaganda, and then Concentration camps, the gas chambers with the normalization of HATE.
And long before that, in Egypt, the Israelites were welcomed into Goshen—only to be enslaved by a new Pharaoh who feared their numbers and strength. That same spirit of fear and domination wrapped up in Hate is alive today. It targets people of color. It rewrites history. It weaponizes authority. It turns neighbors into enemies and Truth into Prey.
Will we sit back and watch history repeat itself?
Scripture Reflection: Lamentations 3:31–36 (NIV)
“For no one is cast off by the LORD forever. Though He brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is His unfailing love. For He does not willing bring affliction or grief to anyone. To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land, to deny people their rights before the Most High, to deprive them of justice— would not the Lord see such things?”
This is not just a political moment—it is a spiritual reckoning. We must speak. We must write. We must resist. Because silence is not neutrality—it is surrender.
Let this blog be a trumpet. Let this post be a cry. Let our witness be a wall of truth that cannot be torn down.
For all who seek THE LORDS GUIDANCE, and want or have that personal Relationship with Him Get into that secret place, that inner encounter, that quiet time, let Him speak to your heart and you asked HIM LORD fill me up inside with all of YOU LORD, and less of me. Tell Him from your heart -I’m Seeking You in a Desperate Way. I cannot speak for everyone when I say to THE LORD.
I’M DESPERATE FOR YOU JESUS. I’M THIRSTY FOR YOU LORD. Fill me up GOD I cannot stand for JUSTICE without YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS This Will Be ALL FOR YOUR GLORY.
Tasha Cobbs Leonard
FOR YOUR GLORY
—Watcher on the Wall in Sincerity of THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Sis. Seer Trudy