3 Black Churches burnt in North Carolina, Georgia and S.Carolina in the past 5 days.

[Zaac]

And several years back, I remember a rash of black churches being torched somewhere in OK, or AK or ??.
Several weeks after all the blame was centered on "southerners, racists, GOP etc" it was determined that a young (upper teens, lower 20s) black man was the perp trying to stir up strife.

So yes, the bolded is correct. However you must also look beyond "right in front of you" to find the facts!

Nov. 5, 2008
Springfield, Mass.
Macedonia Church of God in Christ

The predominantly black church, which was under construction, was set on fire shortly after the election of President Obama. Of the three white men charged, two pleaded guilty and a third was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Jan. 8, 1996
Knoxville, Tenn.
Inner City Baptist Church

A fire destroyed the sanctuary of the church and racial slurs were painted on the walls. Molotov cocktails, cans of kerosene and gunpowder were discovered in the rubble.


Feb. 1, 1996
Louisiana
Four Churches

A group of churches within a six-mile radius — Cypress Grove Baptist, St. Paul's Free Baptist and Thomas Chapel Benevolent Society in East Baton Rouge as well as Sweet Home Baptist in Baker — were set on fire on the anniversary of the sit-in in Greensboro, N.C.

Sources: Emory University; Department of Justice
June 21, 1995
Manning, S.C.
Macedonia Baptist Church

Four former members of the Ku Klux Klan set fire to the church, one of several burned by arsonists in the mid-1990s. A fire was set the day before at the Mount Zion A.M.E. Church in Greeleyville, S.C. Macedonia Baptist was awarded $37.8 million in a decision against the Klan. A jury believed the Klan's rhetoric motivated the men to set the fire.

The fire was one of dozens at predominantly black churches across the South that were investigated as arson. A list compiled by The Associated Press is here.

Sources: The New York Times; The Associated Press


June 16, 1964
Longdale, Miss.
Mount Zion A.M.E. Church

The Ku Klux Klan beat parishioners as they were leaving a church meeting. The Klan's intended target was a civil rights activist, Michael Schwerner, who was not there. The wood-framed church, a historic safe haven for slaves, was burned down.

On June 21, Mr. Schwerner and two other civil rights workers drove to visit the burned church. Afterward, they were pulled over, arrested and jailed. After their release, they were beaten and killed. The mysterious disappearance and murder of the three men were detailed in the film "Mississippi Burning."

Sources: "Crimes and Trials of the Century" by Frankie Y. Bailey and Steven Chermak; University of Missouri-Kansas City


September 15, 1963
Birmingham, Ala.
16th Street Church

The Ku Klux Klan set off a bomb under the steps of the church, killing four young girls and injuring more than 20 other members of the church. The 16th Street Baptist Church served as a civil rights meeting place in the 1960s and a center for the African-American community in Birmingham.

The attack brought national and international attention to the struggle for civil rights in Alabama.

Sources: National Park Service; 16thstreetbaptist.org

White supremacists have a much more defined pattern of burning black churches than do young black teens trying to "stir" things up.

 

[poncho]

Evidently there are some here who are more informed about the ongoing investigations into these church fires than the investigators themselves are.

 

[carpro]

Doncha really just hate black churches?

They really should have painted them some other color.

 

[poncho]

TWITTER WARRIORS FALSELY REPORT SPATE OF ‘BLACK CHURCH BURNINGS’

Several are not cases of arson, one church isn't even 'black'

In the wake of the Charleston shooting, so called social justice warriors have played a huge role in promoting a contrived race war, because, you know, it’s good and progressive to have everyone feeling divided and angry.

The latest example of this comes in the form of drawing attention to numerous incidents where churches have caught on fire and, in some cases, burned to the ground.

With the latest incident coming last night in South Carolina, as the Mt. Zion AME Church caught ablaze, reports began to circulate that it was the SEVENTH ‘black church’ to be burned since the Charleston shooting.

Continue . . . http://www.infowars.com/twitter-warriors-falsely-report-spate-of-black-church-burnings/

 

[Zaac]

Again? Historic black church in South Carolina gutted by fire 20 years after KKK burned it down

historic African-American church in South Carolina was torn apart by a fire Tuesday night, 20 years after being burned down by the Ku Klux Klan, The Washington Post reported.

Fire crews were dispatched to the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville. It is the seventh church to catch on fire in the wake of the mass shooting attack inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in nearby Charleston earlier this month. Three of those fires have been attributed to arson.

...
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/aga...ed-by-fire-20-years-after-kkk-burned-it-down/

Yep, seven churches catch on fire since this shooting and it's just "coincidence".

 

[poncho]

Yep, again sensational allegations without proof.

Looks like the dividers of the world have united.

 

[Bro. Curtis]

Who needs due process ? There's an agenda to be driven.

 

[poncho]

Who needs due process ? There's an agenda to be driven.

So much for intelligent life on this planet.

 

[Scarlett O.]

We can take one of those churches off the list. It was a white church and it was struck by lightning.

Here's what CNN has to say about the other six: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/30/us/south-carolina-church-fire-mount-zion-ame/

* Federal investigators suspect lightning may have caused the fire at Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina, senior officials in the FBI said Wednesday morning.


*June 26: Greater Miracle Apostolic in Tallahassee, Florida. The fire was likely caused by a tree limb falling on power lines.



* June 26: Glover Grovery Baptist in Warrenville, South Carolina. The cause has not been determined, but investigators observed no element of criminal intent.


* June 24: Briar Creek Road Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, which houses both black and Nepalese congregations. Fire investigators ruled that fire an arson, and though they have not seen evidence that hate was a motivation for the crime, they are not ruling it out.


* June 21: College Hill Seventh-day Adventist in Knoxville, Tennessee. Investigators ruled it an arson but they say nothing so far has indicated a hate crime. ATF and other agencies said that it looked like vandalism.


* June 21: God's Power Church of Christ in Macon, Georgia. Investigators believe the blaze might be arson. ATF is investigating but no ruling has been made. The church had recently been broken into and air conditioners and sound systems stolen.

Make of all that what you will, but I'm not rushing to the conclusion that white people are running a muck burning down black churches.

 

[OnlyaSinner]

We can take one of those churches off the list. It was a white church and it was struck by lightning.

Here's what CNN has to say about the other six: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/30/us/south-carolina-church-fire-mount-zion-ame/



Make of all that what you will, but I'm not rushing to the conclusion that white people are running a muck burning down black churches.

Even one such hate crime fire is one too many. However, we ought not to be jumping to conclusions, but to pray that thorough investigations will be done with subsequent legal actions as approriate.

 

[Baptist Believer]

Has there really been a surge in black church burnings?

"A July 1 Time article cited eight churches within two weeks, seven of them in the south, three of them judged arsons, one deemed electrical, and several others 'preliminarily' believed to be related to lightning. Two of the churches turn out to be primarily white churches, including one in Ohio, and another in Tennessee. None have been judged hate crimes yet. . . .

"Some coverage has taken the time to point out that about 1600 churches in the U.S. suffer fires every year, 16 percent of them due to arson, which means on average at least five churches suffer arson every week."

 

[carpro]

Has there really been a surge in black church burnings?

"A July 1 Time article cited eight churches within two weeks, seven of them in the south, three of them judged arsons, one deemed electrical, and several others 'preliminarily' believed to be related to lightning. Two of the churches turn out to be primarily white churches, including one in Ohio, and another in Tennessee. None have been judged hate crimes yet. . . .

"Some coverage has taken the time to point out that about 1600 churches in the U.S. suffer fires every year, 16 percent of them due to arson, which means on average at least five churches suffer arson every week."

Race baiters hate facts.

 

[poncho]

‘The investigation is complete': ATF concludes Mt. Zion AME fire caused by lightning; DOJ releases statement

As Twitchy reported, the #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches hashtag has been going strong on Twitter as rumors spread on social media of an “epidemic” of black church burnings. The media has been falsely accused of ignoring the fires; there’s actually been quite a bit of coverage. Unfortunately, a great deal of that coverage has been less than objective, suggesting some sort of connection among the fires without providing any evidence.

Twitchy reported last night that a fire that gutted the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville, S.C., on Tuesday was suspected to be the work of a lightning strike, and today the ATF has announced its investigation has confirmed that suspicion.

http://twitchy.com/2015/07/02/the-investigation-is-complete-aft-concludes-mt-zion-ame-fire-caused-by-lightning-doj-releases-statement/