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<p class="date">Fri Jun 26, 2015 at 07:20 AM PDT</p>
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Black Churches burnt in North Carolina, Georgia and S.Carolina
in the past 5 days.</a><span style="white-space: nowrap"></span></h2>
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<p>Ahem.... it is 2015 in much of America: It's still 1963 in the
South, apparently.</p>
<p><a
href="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/">Following
the Attack on Emanuel AME, Two Recent Fires at Black Churches
Strike at the Heart of Black America</a></p>
<blockquote>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.
<p>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.</p>
</blockquote>
According to <a
href="http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/second-black-church-fire-ruled-arson-this-time-in-georgia-but-authorities-say-its-no-hate-crime/">this
report at Raw Story</a> 'hate crime' has yet to be suggested to
determined
<blockquote>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.
<p>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.</p>
<p> - - - -</p>
<p>Gleaton told the Telegraph newspaper there was nothing yet to
suggest that the fire at the Macon church was a hate crime.</p>
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<p>And today, <a
href="http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/TFD-Responding-to-Structure-Fire-near-Wakulla-Campbell-Streets-310032681.html">Early
Morning Fire Destroys Tallahassee Church</a></p>
<blockquote>June 26, 2015
<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- An early morning fire has destroyed a
Tallahassee church.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>No one is believed to have been in the church at the time of
the fire. Power lines were also down in the area.</p>
</blockquote>
The church was described as completely destroyed on the inside.
<p>South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, <strike>Florida</strike>*.
<b>[UPDATE 11:49 am]</b></p>
<blockquote>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.</blockquote>
Just a bunch of coincidences?
<p>I, of course, think not.</p>
<p>What are the FBI and the N$A doing to deal with what would appear
to even the dullest creature as a pattern ?</p>
<p>Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana should be
considering increasing surveillance on their black churches.</p>
<p><b>[UPDATE]</b><br>
<a
href="http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2015-06-26/fbi-called-aiken-church-fire?v=1435309883">Make
that 4 Black Churches</a></p>
<p>South Carolina, again.</p>
<blockquote><strong>FBI called in on Aiken County church fire</strong>
<blockquote>Multiple agencies, including the FBI, are
investigating a fire that destroyed an Aiken County church.
<p>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.</p>
<p>Forensic investigators, along with the South Carolina Highway
Patrol and the FBI, are investigating to determine the origin
of the fire.</p>
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h/t <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/comments/1396786/56735655#c20">mcpeg</a>
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