In the wake of The Covenant School shooting, a far-left reverend from Seattle has been working in Nashville to teach students how to protest.
“Reverend Osagyefo Sekou came to Nashville to work with the Dores Worker Solidarity Network [DWSN] on April 13,” according to Vanderbilt University’s website.
The Dores Workers Solidarity Network was first recognized by Vanderbilt as a student group after a construction worker died on campus in May.
In conjunction with that group, the students founded Tennessee Student Solidarity Network (TSSN).
“DWSN formed the Tennessee Student Solidarity Network following the student activism movement in Tennessee after the Covenant School shooting,” according to Vanderbilt. “Sekou joined the group of students and residents from all over Tennessee at Centennial Park to discuss safe practices for non-violent civil disobedience. Sekou trained Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) and Ferguson protestors. He studied under Rev. James Lawson. He emphasized that civil disobedience is meant to ‘preserve life’ and is out of a ‘deeper body love.'”
Sekou (pictured above) is an avowed Antifa supporter, and in his capacity as a reverend has apparently fabricated a new Bible verse.
“I head a voice from Heaven sayeth #DefundThePolice so they shalt be abolished from the Earth.” – 1 Minneapolis 1:1 (New Standard #Antifa Version),” says a tweet that is pinned to Sekou’s Twitter profile.
“I head a voice from Heaven sayeth #DefundThePolice so they shalt be abolished from the Earth.”
– 1 Minneapolis 1:1
(New Standard #Antifa Version)— Rev. Osagyefo Sekou (@RevSekou) June 7, 2020
Sekou is the Pastor of Theology and Arts at Valley and Mountain church in Seattle.
“Rev. Osagyefo Sekou is V&M’s Pastor of Theology and Arts. He joined the team as Theologian-in-Residence in the Fall of 2020, and now serves as Co-Convener,” according to the church’s website. “A renowned musician, author, public intellectual, filmmaker, and community organizer, Rev. Sekou’s role on staff is leading programs for theological formation, trainings on the theory and tactics of nonviolence civil disobedience, offering pastoral care, and contributing leadership and vision to our community.”
Sekou was arrested during the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, in response to the death of Michael Brown, who was shot dead after robbing a convenience store and physically assaulting former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Wilson was later cleared in the shooting, much to the chagrin of the Ferguson rioters.
Though Sekou’s training is allegedly in non-violent protest, his trainee, Jones, was the ringleader of a riot at the Tennessee Capitol in the days following The Covenant School shooting, where Jones incited a massive group of students to attempt to push their way into the Tennessee House gallery, through a barricade of police officers.
The rioters were pushing for new gun control measures.
Jones and his left-wing colleague, State Representative Justin Pearson (D-Memphis), were later expelled and then subsequently temporarily reinstated in the Tennessee General Assembly.
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on Twitter. Michael Patrick Leahy contributed to this report.
Photo “Reverend Osagyefo Sekou” by Reverend Osagyefo Sekou.
