It would do the social-justice crowd well to acknowledge as much.
"For quite a while, the church at the grass roots in the United States has been fairly badly splintered to a kind of peace-and-justice crowd on the left and pro-life crowd on the right," said John L. Allen Jr., senior correspondent for The National Catholic Reporter.
"We will cut off heads and bring justice!" The crowd cheered.
"We want social justice," the crowd chanted after Friday Prayers on Jan . 27 reading from a handwritten list of political, economic and social grievances.
"Rights, law, justice," the crowd chanted back.
The Brooklyn judge went so far as to quote Michelle Alexander, a favorite of the criminal justice reform crowd who recently suggested Hillary Clinton "doesn't deserve the black vote".
"Memory doesn't belong to a particular group," added Alan García, the president.In this section Soaps, sex and sociology A nation divided Feeding frenzy The justice of crowds Don't look back Reprints Related items Peru's unloved president: Pursued by the ghosts of the pastOct 16th 2008The rejection has been criticised across much of the political spectrum.
And Arena's presidential candidate, Rodrigo Ávila, is a former police chief.In this section Soaps, sex and sociology A nation divided Feeding frenzy The justice of crowds Don't look back Reprints Related items From the archive: War's end in El SalvadorFeb 1st 1992Arena also has the advantage of incumbency, the support of most media and a lot more money to splash around.
The protest organizer, United for Peace and Justice, estimated the crowd at 500,000, rivaling a 1982 antinuclear rally in Central Park, and double the number it had predicted.
"What do we want?" a woman shouted into a megaphone, "JUSTICE!" answered the crowd.
