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Wed Nov 2, 2016, 02:10 PM Nov 2016

Police: 'Vote Trump' vandalism, fire at Mississippi church a hate crime



(CNN)Police are treating the burning of a black church in Mississippi -- during which vandals spray-painted "Vote Trump" on an exterior wall -- as a hate crime, saying it amounts to an act of voter intimidation.

A 911 call reporting the fire at Hopewell Baptist Church in Greenville came in at about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze.

Most of the damage to the 111-year-old church was to the sanctuary, pastor Carolyn Hudson said at a news conference.

"We do believe that God will allow us to build another sanctuary in that same place," she said, though the extent of the damage was unclear.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/02/us/mississippi-black-church-vandalized-vote-trump/index.html
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