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‘Vote Trump’ painted on wall of burned-out black church in Mississippi
As firefighters neared the 110-year-old church Tuesday night in Greenville, Miss., they saw flames in the windows and smoke pouring from the roof.
When they got closer, they could see two words spray-painted on the side of the burning sanctuary: “Vote Trump.”
Investigators suspect that the fire at the historically black Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church was set on purpose, Greenville Fire Chief Ruben Brown told The Washington Post. The incident is being investigated as a hate crime by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Greenville Mayor Errick Simmons said the fire was a “hateful and cowardly act,” sparked by the incendiary rhetoric of GOP nominee Donald Trump during his presidential campaign.
“We know what the black church means to the black community and the symbolism of the black church,” Simmons told The Post. “This is the place [where] people freely assembled to pray and strategize on how to get civil liberties and rights that were denied to them.”
Simmons is the first black man to be elected mayor of Greenville — a city where 78 percent of the population is black, according to census figures.
When they got closer, they could see two words spray-painted on the side of the burning sanctuary: “Vote Trump.”
Investigators suspect that the fire at the historically black Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church was set on purpose, Greenville Fire Chief Ruben Brown told The Washington Post. The incident is being investigated as a hate crime by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Greenville Mayor Errick Simmons said the fire was a “hateful and cowardly act,” sparked by the incendiary rhetoric of GOP nominee Donald Trump during his presidential campaign.
“We know what the black church means to the black community and the symbolism of the black church,” Simmons told The Post. “This is the place [where] people freely assembled to pray and strategize on how to get civil liberties and rights that were denied to them.”
Simmons is the first black man to be elected mayor of Greenville — a city where 78 percent of the population is black, according to census figures.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/11/02/vote-trump-painted-on-wall-of-burned-out-black-church-in-mississippi/
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