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Plot Twist: Black Man Arrested For Burning Down Black Churches

Black Man Arrested For Burning Down Black Churches Last week, we reported that someone was running around and setting fire to a number of Black churches all around Ferguson , Missouri, the site of Michael Brown’s murder at the hands of the police. Given the city’s racial tension following last year’s unrest, authorities weren’t ruling out the possibility that a racist was behind the church burnings. But as it turns out, the arsonist may have been a Black man. Via The Atlantic: St. Louis-area police have arrested David Lopez Jackson, a 35-year-old black man, in connection with the burning of churches around the area. Jennings has been charged with two counts of second-degree arson. There have been seven fires in St. Louis and nearby Jennings over the course of October. The arsons struck a range of denominations, but mostly black churches. A sixth church was racially mixed, while the seventh was predominantly white. The fires ran the gamut from minimal to serious damage. Because of the long history of arson attacks on black churches—including several this summer and a long spree in the mid-1990s—and because of the tense race relations in St. Louis since the death of Michael Brown in August 2014, the fires immediately raised the specter of hate crimes. Indeed, the suspect arrested Thursday is black, and authorities didn’t offer any indication about a motive during a news conference Friday afternoon. Police have only charged Jackson with fires at the New Life Missionary Baptist Church and Ebenezer Lutheran, but they said he’s a suspect in the others. His car was spotted near the New Life, and forensic evidence tied him to Ebenezer; there were also gas containers in his car, police said. All seven fires were similar in type and location, generally around doors. Plot twist like a mofo! Will be interesting to hear his reasoning for burning down Black churches and adding fuel to to the city’s racial tension. Twitter

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Plot Twist: Black Man Arrested For Burning Down Black Churches

Racist Arsonists Burned Down Five Black Churches In Ferguson, MO In 9 Days

Black Churches Burned In Ferguson Over the last week and a half, someone has been setting fire to Black churches all over Ferguson, Missouri , the site of Michael Brown’s murder by police and the civil unrest that ensued for months thereafter last year. The Fire captain has deemed the burnings definite arson, and the crime is being looked at as a potential hate crime. Via CBSnews : “It is arson. That’s why law enforcement is involved in this entire investigation,” said Captain Garon Mosby of the St. Louis Fire Department. Mosby would not rule out the possibility of a hate crime directed either at churches or at African-Americans. “My job is to love (them),” said Pastor David Triggs of New Life Missionary Baptist Church. “And I’ve forgiven this individual. We are going to tear down and rebuild.” There have been at least four previous fires at area churches but there are no details if any of them are connected, however, investigators say they have all started the same way: in the front two doors of the church. Since Oct. 8, fire has damaged five churches, all within a few miles of each other in north St. Louis city and county. In each case, the front doors were set on fire. Damage has ranged from a few hundred dollars at one church to the near destruction of another. The fires add to racial angst in an area still reeling from a police shooting and unrest in Ferguson last year. SMH! The racial issues in this area are clearly far from over. Hopefully they can find who is responsible before more places of worship go up in flames… CBS News Continue reading

Major Side-eye: Authorities Claim That None Of The Black Churches Being Burned Are Hate Crimes

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Major Side-eye: Authorities Claim That None Of The Black Churches Being Burned Are Hate Crimes

Major Side-eye: Authorities Claim That None Of The Black Churches Being Burned Are Hate Crimes

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Major Side-eye: Authorities Claim That None Of The Black Churches Being Burned Are Hate Crimes

How Christians Should Respond To Attacks On Black Churches [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO]

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Ever since the devastating attack on the historical Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, a string of black churches have been attacked…

How Christians Should Respond To Attacks On Black Churches [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO]

How Christians Should Respond To Attacks On Black Churches [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO]

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Ever since the devastating attack on the historical Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, a string of black churches have been attacked…

How Christians Should Respond To Attacks On Black Churches [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO]

Three Black Churches Have Burned Since Emanuel AME Massacre

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It what may or may not be an organized effort by white supremacists, Addicting Info is reporting that three black churches have burned under mysterious…

Three Black Churches Have Burned Since Emanuel AME Massacre