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

Fri Jun 26 19:02:21 EDT 2015

Fri Jun 26, 2015 at 07:20 AM PDT

    3 Black Churches burnt in North Carolina, Georgia and S.Carolina in
    the past 5 days.
    <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/26/1396786/-3-Black-Churches-burnt-in-North-Carolina-Georgia-and-Florida-in-the-past-5-days>

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Ahem.... it is 2015 in much of America: It's still 1963 in the South, 
apparently.

Following the Attack on Emanuel AME, Two Recent Fires at Black Churches 
Strike at the Heart of Black America 
<http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/06/26/following-the-attack-on-emanuel-ame-two-recent-fires-at-black-churches-strike-at-the-heart-of-black-america/>

    In Charlotte, N.C., authorities say a June 24 fire at Briar Creek
    Baptist Church was the result of arson and is being investigated as
    a possible hate crime. NBC News reported that more than 75
    firefighters were needed to extinguish the three-alarm fire, and an
    hour passed before the blaze was under control. Two firefighters
    received medical treatment for heat-related injuries. The church
    sustained $250,000 in damage, including a collapsed ceiling and
    significant damage to a space used for a children’s summer camp. The
    sanctuary was spared, sustaining smoke damage along with the gymnasium.

    A June 23 fire at God’s Power Church of Christ, a predominantly
    Black church in Macon, Ga., has been ruled as arson, although there
    is no indication it was a hate crime. As was reported in the Macon
    Telegraph, the front doors of the church were locked and wired shut
    when authorities arrived, but a side door was unlocked. The Federal
    Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives was called, as is
    the case with church fires, and authorities also noted that
    electronics and other air conditioning equipment had been stolen
    from the church in two burglaries. A $10,000 reward is available
    through the Georgia Arson Hotline for information leading to the
    arrest of an arsonist.

According to this report at Raw Story 
<http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/second-black-church-fire-ruled-arson-this-time-in-georgia-but-authorities-say-its-no-hate-crime/> 
'hate crime' has yet to be suggested to determined

    Macon-Bibb County fire Sergeant Ben Gleaton told the newspaper that
    while the investigation into Tuesday’s fire at the God’s Power
    Church of Christ continues, enough evidence had been discovered to
    rule the blaze had been deliberately set.

    The arson ruling came a day after North Carolina authorities said a
    predominantly black church in Charlotte was purposefully burned, and
    roughly a week after a white gunman opened fire in an
    African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine
    people.

      - - - -

    Gleaton told the Telegraph newspaper there was nothing yet to
    suggest that the fire at the Macon church was a hate crime.

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And today, Early Morning Fire Destroys Tallahassee Church 
<http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/TFD-Responding-to-Structure-Fire-near-Wakulla-Campbell-Streets-310032681.html>

    June 26, 2015

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- An early morning fire has destroyed a
    Tallahassee church.

    Firefighters responded to the blaze around 5:20 a.m. at Greater
    Miracle Apostolic Holiness Church near the intersection of Wakulla
    Street and Campbell Street.

    No one is believed to have been in the church at the time of the
    fire. Power lines were also down in the area.

The church was described as completely destroyed on the inside.

South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida*. *[UPDATE 11:49 am]*

    Florida fire, per an update a few minutes ago (1128 am EST) is that
    the fire was electrical, caused by a limb falling on power lines.
    Title updated to reflect this.

Just a bunch of coincidences?

I, of course, think not.

What are the FBI and the N$A doing to deal with what would appear to 
even the dullest creature as a pattern ?

Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana  should be considering 
increasing surveillance on their black churches.

*[UPDATE]*
Make that 4 Black Churches 
<http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2015-06-26/fbi-called-aiken-church-fire?v=1435309883>

South Carolina, again.

    *FBI called in on Aiken County church fire*

        Multiple agencies, including the FBI, are investigating a fire
        that destroyed an Aiken County church.

        Midland Valley firefighters were called to the fire at Glover
        Grove Baptist Church on Project Road in Warrenville about 3:30
        a.m. When they arrived the fire was already fully involved,
        according to a sheriff’s office news release. It took about an
        hour to extinguish the flames.

        Forensic investigators, along with the South Carolina Highway
        Patrol and the FBI, are investigating to determine the origin of
        the fire.

h/t mcpeg <http://www.dailykos.com/comments/1396786/56735655#c20>
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