A Charlotte church says it wants to “disturb” passersby this Christmas with a nativity scene pictures Jesus, Mary and Joseph with masked immigration agents wearing bulletproof vests and brandishing handcuffs.
The installation went up this week outside Missiongathering Church at 420 East 15th St. in the Optimist Park area and casts the biblical Holy Family as targets of modern immigration enforcement. The church’s pastor said the goal is to force viewers to confront the fear many immigrant families in Charlotte felt following recent immigration arrests in the city.
“The goal is to disturb, to make people feel something” said Rev. Andrew Shipley. “What’s been happening to Charlotte families… is disturbing and is graphic and horrifying.”…