Post by cjm on Jul 1, 2015 16:44:32 GMT
www.nytimes.com/2015/07/02/us/black-church-in-south-carolina-is-latest-to-burn-in-south.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
GREELEYVILLE, S.C. — Investigators sifted through the burned-out shell of a black church here on Wednesday, trying to determine the cause of a fire that has left residents here anguished.
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The fire came as the authorities in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee investigated blazes at other churches, most of them predominantly black. Although the authorities have concluded that some of those fires were arson, officials have not yet described any of the episodes as hate crimes. One of the fires was caused by lightning and another was electrical. Investigators also said there was no evidence that the fires at the churches were linked.
GREELEYVILLE, S.C. — Investigators sifted through the burned-out shell of a black church here on Wednesday, trying to determine the cause of a fire that has left residents here anguished.
...
The fire came as the authorities in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee investigated blazes at other churches, most of them predominantly black. Although the authorities have concluded that some of those fires were arson, officials have not yet described any of the episodes as hate crimes. One of the fires was caused by lightning and another was electrical. Investigators also said there was no evidence that the fires at the churches were linked.