[Editor’s note: The following article contains excerpts from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s address delivered October 24, 1987 on “The Police Slaying of Michael Taylor.” Michael Taylor was a 16-year-old Black male whom Indianapolis police shot to death while handcuffed, and then a series of things were told to the public to justify his being killed. Before hundreds of concerned citizens, the Michael Taylor Task Force and the young man’s grieving family who gathered at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, Minister Farrakhan spoke to the pain of losing a young life through the inhumane dealings of police within the Black community, and how an Almighty Judge will call to account all of those who perpetrate lies, deceit and murder in the name of justice. More than 25 years later, the events of today have us demanding that true justice be served. The Final Call reprints this timely message as a source of guidance and healing.]
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