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Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Mississippi mayor calls fire at black church ‘cowardly act’
The mayor of a small Mississippi town is describing a fire at a black church that was also spraypainted with a “Vote Trump” message as a “hateful and cowardly act.”
The fire last night heavily damaged the Hopewell M.B. Church in Greenville, Mississippi.
Mayor Errick Simmons tells a news conference that local officials consider the fire a hate crime because of the political message he believes was intended to interfere with worship and intimidate voters.
Neither Simmons nor Fire Chief Ruben Brown has labeled the fire a case of arson, although Brown said arson investigators are at the scene.
Pastor Caroline Hudson says the 111-year-old church congregation will rebuild on the same site.
— AP
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