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two were extremists for immorality, and thus fell below their environment. the other, jesus christ, was an extremist for love, truth and goodness, and thereby rose above his environment. perhaps the south, the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.
43 i hope the church as a whole will meet the challenge of this decisive hour. but even if the church does not come to the aid of justice, i have no despair about the future. i have no fear about the outcome of our struggle in birmingham, even if our motives are at present misunderstood. we will reach the goal of freedom in birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of america is freedom. abused and scorned though we may be, our destiny is tied up with americas destiny. before the pilgrims landed at plymouth, we were here. before the pen of jefferson etched the majestic words of the declaration of independence across the pages of history, we were here. for more than two centuries our forebears labored in this country without wages; they made cotton king; they built the homes of their masters while suffering gross injustice and shameful humiliation - and yet out of a bottomless vitality they continued to thrive and develop. if the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. we will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of god are embodied in our echoing demands.
44 i must close now. but, before closing i feel impelled to mention one other point in your statement that has troubled me profoundly. you warmly commended the birmingham police force for keeping order and preventing violence. i doubt that you would have so warmly commended the police force if you had seen its dogs sinking their teeth into unarmed, nonviolent negroes. i doubt that you would so quickly commend the policemen if you were to observe their ugly and inhumane treatment of negroes here in the city jail; if you were to watch them push and curse old negro women and young negro girls; if you were to see them slap and kick old negro men and young boys; if you were to observe them, as they did on two occasions, refuse to give us food because we wanted to sing our grace together. i cannot join you in your praise of the birmingham police department.
45 it is true that the police have exercised a degree of discipline in handling the demonstrators. in this sense they have conducted themselves rather nonviolently in public. but for what purpose? to preserve the evil system of segregation. over the past few years i have
what profoundly troubled dr. king that he mentions here? give his reasons why.
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Explanation:

Dr. King was troubled by the praise of the Birmingham police force. He points out that while they may have maintained "order" and "prevented violence" on the surface (as commended), their actions were in service of upholding the evil system of segregation. He gives examples like dogs attacking unarmed non - violent Negroes, ugly and inhumane treatment in jail (refusing food when they wanted to sing grace together, slapping, kicking etc.). The police's discipline was not for justice but to preserve segregation.

Answer:

Dr. King was troubled by the praise of the Birmingham police. His reasons: Their actions (e.g., dogs attacking Negroes, inhumane jail treatment) were in support of the evil segregation system, not for justice. Their "order" and "violence prevention" were misdirected as they were upholding an unjust status - quo.