all know why we're here today and we know that there's going to be one day your time for righteous anger for protest but this is a time tonight for just quiet and solace and really thinking about peace and community together and we have so many people here it's just really gratifying on such incredibly short notice we have people from a lot of different civic groups we have a lot of people from different faith communities and we'd love to have everyone come speak but we kind of chose in a few representative people to speak to us and we're go chief richard loughlin if he can say a few words so we're going to just move right through the program and again thank you so much for comi last week after the murders in st paul baton bruce and doubtless members of the belmont religious council and belmont against racism initiated the idea of holding a vigil for peace and community to express solidarity with the victims their families and all victims of racial violence i thank you for the privilege of hosting the vigil here in the st joseph court yard and welcome i invite you to join with me in some simple prayers to morn and for peace and reconciliation and just after each god we come together to build more and for the lives that have been taken by hatred fear or vengeance and we ask for your mercy on the we ask that you being near their families and friends who not only read but must pick up the pieces of their shattered hearts and find a way to carry on without their loved god of love we need you to rain down your love on us and heal our way let us each commit to have deep respect and take care of each other so we can make this world one where everyone feels welcome to let the comfort you seek nothing built upon plug in chains of wooden sword denial let us never resort to their blowing this whole thing out of proportion surely our leaders will figure something else i waiting for god to remove these plates from our society and hearts this doesn't really affect us it's just not our problem instead let our consolation begin with open eyes open hearts and  hands look around we are surrounded both here tonight and around our country by people whose hearts are broken and our own hearts are broken by people whose core he didn't god's image deserving of respect of care of love and not just to see that our consolation begin with open heart with great integrity dedication and courage or to bear witness to the terrible violence and fear and injustice being perpetrated on black americans all over this country every day we can still believe there people are really good at hearts maybe we need to find the strength to be stubborn about hope and with that hole then we continue to be a blessing to one another better it means so that you should know each other and you should meet reach mutual respect understanding and i think that's a very important thing to keep in mind when we hear about this horrible things out and it can be easy a divide i obviously everybody knows why we're here for a challenging time but i'd like to share some things with you and some words i don't know how many of you will have heard i had an opportunity to read the statement made by attorney general there's just a paragraph i want to share with you because i think it's very powerful and it sends a strong message and that is rather than rather the answer must be action peaceful collaborative  actions we must continue working to build trust between communities and our forces we must continue working to guarantee every person in this country equal justice under the law we must take a look at the ease with impulses of bitterness and reco us and embrace the difficulty of finding a path forward together above all we must remind ourselves that we are all americans and that as americans we share not just a common land but a common like those we have lost this week actually last week have come from different neighborhoods and different backgrounds but today they are mourned by officers and residents of my family and friends by and i'm not sure how many of you know but i'm going to share it with you and i hope you understand where we're coming from members of the belmont police the promina committed to working a profitable call citizens of our community in the delivery of services raising the quality of life for week we've had a lot of people call us e mail us drop by the station and it's been a very as i said in the beginning a very challenging time but we're here to serve you work with you to make th spiral ending in just structure for all it is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding it seeks to win not i only rather then convert individual or group dares to love and rises to the majestic tide of moral majority every crisis has both its dangers and its opportunities it can spell if there is salvation or do in the dark confused world the kingdom of god may yet reign in the hearts of man