Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Mississippi Church Torched And Vandalized With Pro-Trump Slogan

The mayor of a Mississippi town where a black church was torched and vandalized with the words "Vote Trump" said Wednesday it is being "investigated as a hate crime."

Calling the burning of Hopewell Baptist Church in Greenville a "hateful and cowardly act," Mayor Errick Simmons said this was "an attack on the black community."

"It appears to be a race crime," Simmons said. "It happened in the 50s, it happened in the 60s. It shouldn't happen in 2016." 

Greenville Police Chief Delando Wilson said they were "possibly talking to a person of interest" but they have no suspects in custody or surveillance video footage of the fire, which appears to have been deliberately set. 

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