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An investigation is in the works. No confirmation yet that a Trump fanatic actually set the blaze to this Hopewell Missionary Baptiste Church, but the words posted on the walls of this burnt-out building was clear – “VOTE TRUMP.”

Authorities say the fire at the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church was confined to the main sanctuary, and fortunately there were no injuries. It is still to be determined whether the blaze was caused by arson, but the message left on the building makes that a strong possibility. The FBI has already announced that they are looking into the situation and working with local and state authorities to determine whether any civil rights violations may have been committed.

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Two Weeks Later, and 7 Black Churches Up in Flames

As I write this ISIS is terrorizing other religious sects in the middle east, destroying religious artifacts of other faiths simply because those faiths are not Islam and also because ISIS is pure evil. And as I right this, there are some in this country being terrorized at their places of worship by America’s own home bred terrorists, operating under the hateful mantle of racism.

A predominately black church that was once the target of the Klu Klux Klan in Greeleyville, South Carolina was in flames on Tuesday night, making it the seventh to burn in the past week in an increasingly worrisome list of church fires across the South.

The fires, six of which are now under investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, have raised questions of racial targeting in the wake of the Charleston church shooting that left nine black churchgoers dead and sparked a debate over the role of the Confederate flag in public life.

Arson is suspected in relation to at least three of the fires. A federal law enforcement source told the AP that preliminary indications are that the fire at the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville was not intentionally set and was not arson. However, the fire is still under investigation, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.