Mississippi church member charged in 'Vote Trump' arson

I was always suspicious about a Trump supporter being behind the arson case involving Hopewell Baptist Church in Greenville Mississippi. The immediate red flag that went up was not that the suspect painted Vote Trump on the side of the church, it was that they spelled it right. George L. Cook III AfricanAmericanReports.Com Watch more on this story below.

Andrew McClinton, a parishioner of at Hopewell Baptist Church in Greenville Mississippi was arrested Wednesday and charged with intentionally setting fire last month to a Mississippi church, which was also vandalized with the words "Vote Trump."

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Black church set on fire & vandalized with "Vote Trump" graffiti

Hopewell Baptist Church, a black church in Greenville Mississippi was set on fire and vandalized with graffiti that read "Vote Trump". Most of the damage to the 111-year-old church was to the sanctuary and there have been no reports of injury.

During a press conference officials that the incident is now being investigated as a hate crime. Greenville Police Chief Freddie Cannon called the incident "a form of voting intimidation".

The FBI released a statement on the burning:

“The FBI Jackson Division is aware of the situation in Greenville, and we are working with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners to determine if any civil rights crimes were committed.”