Monday, May 15, 2023
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 15 May 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Part I (00:13 - 11:23)
The Subway Tragedy? Crime? Only Time and the Rule of Law Will Tell — Some Christian Considerations on the Death of Jordan Neely
- Jordan Neely Was on New York’s ‘Top 50’ List of Homeless People at Risk by New York Times (Andy Newman)
- Daniel Penny Is Charged, Released on Bail in Chokehold Killing of Jordan Neely by Wall Street Journal (James Fanelli and Jimmy Vielkind)
Part II (11:23 - 18:39)
A Massive System Failure in New York: A Broken Society and the Struggle to Help Those Who Fall Through the Cracks
- Chokehold Killing Fuels Scrutiny of Police’s Growing Role in Subways by New York Times (Ana Ley and Chelsia Rose Marcius)
Part III (18:39 - 24:34)
The F.D.A. and “Discrimination” — New Blood Policy Spotlights the Moral Revolution
- F.D.A. Eases Ban on Blood Donations From Gay and Bisexual Men by New York Times (Christian Jewett)
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, May 15, 2023. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Albert Moulier, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from |
| 0:12.5 | a Christian worldview. |
| 0:14.2 | The nation has been very interested in a story that emerged on May 1st of this year when |
| 0:19.0 | a homeless man was killed in the New York subway. |
| 0:22.4 | He was killed by an American military veteran who had put the man in a chokehold after several |
| 0:28.3 | observers had said the man, the homeless man had been making threatening gestures and statements |
| 0:33.5 | and had been basically speaking loudly and yelling, acting unusually there in the New |
| 0:38.7 | York subway system. |
| 0:40.6 | Now this is the kind of story that you could expect would be big news in New York City, |
| 0:45.2 | but it's actually big news elsewhere. |
| 0:46.9 | But as we look at the story and as events have unfolded and further details have become |
| 0:51.2 | available, it turns out really to be a very big story and it's going to continue to be |
| 0:55.5 | a big story. |
| 0:56.5 | Let's say a couple things right up front. |
| 0:58.9 | It is a tragedy when any human life is ended. |
| 1:02.0 | It's a tragedy when any incident like this happens anywhere, whether it's in a subway |
| 1:06.3 | in New York City or in a field somewhere in the American Midwest. |
| 1:10.1 | The killing of a human being by another human being is a deadly, serious act at minimum. |
| 1:16.6 | It is outright premeditated homicide at maximum. |
| 1:20.7 | In any event, we are talking about a human death and that is one of the most extremely |
| 1:25.5 | consequential issues any of us can ever face. |
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