NYPD’s Hate Crime Unit is investigating arson on Staten Island after a Molotov cocktail was thrown through the front window of St. Paul’s Memorial Episcopal Church Sunday afternoon.
After the killings at Emanuel African Methodist, and acts of arson against several historically black churches, a variety of faith-based organizations and individuals raised funds to
Soon after the racist massacre that took nine lives at the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston SC, a string of suspicious fires burned the buildings of 6 predominantly Black congregations. Six fires burning African American churches in five states over an eight day period demanded a closer probe; was someone targeting African American churches in the South?
Who is burning churches predominantly attended by african-american congregants? Why isn’t the media providing more coverage?
arson fire five months ago. Report from
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