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Black Pastor, Veteran Arrested After Being Assaulted on His Own Property

June 17, 2020 by Staff

(ChurchLeaders) Leon McCray of Woodstock, Virginia is a military veteran, a property owner, a pastor, and an African American. Before June 1, 2020, the only marches he’d participated in were things like Promise Keeper’s 1997 gathering in Washington D.C. He used to think Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem implied a disrespect for the flag. That at all changed, though, when McCray was recently assaulted by five white people who were trespassing on a property he owns. Calling the police, McCray hoped authorities would come to his aid. Instead, the officers arrested him.

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