7 Black Chruches Burned Since Dylan Roof Shooting

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7 black churches burned and counting since Dylan Roof shooting.  6 of the churches are in the South and 1 is located in Ohio.  ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX News ("0" coverage), MSNBC (coverage started today).  There have been 91 violent attacks against black churches since 1956.  Already this year 7 black churches have caught on fire in 10 days.  Is this a coincidence of is something else afoot?

[Elvado]

Not to quibble with you., but this was prominently covered on both my local ABC affiliate and Good Morjing America.

And sadly, this is no coincidence.

[EasyEd]

Did anyone report that the latest burning was not arson? And I don't believe any of the burnings have been identified as arson. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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Jul 1, 2015 18:59:42 GMT -5 EasyEd said:

Did anyone report that the latest burning was not arson? And I don't believe any of the burnings have been identified as arson. Correct me if I'm wrong.

The vox.com has article about the church burnings.

Below is an excerpt:

Here's what we know about the cases, based on reporting from the Los Angeles Times's Matt Pearce,CNN's Ben Brumfield and Sam Stringer, the Associated Press's Bruce Smith and Meg Kinnard, and local media:



June 30: Mount Zion AME Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina. The historic black church burned down on June 30. A federal law enforcement official told the AP that the fire wasn't intentionally set, and the FBI currently thinks it was probably caused by a lightning strike.


June 26: Glover Grove Baptist Church in Warrenville, South Carolina. The mostly black church burned down on June 26. Investigators don't know if it was intentional or an accident, but they "observed no element of criminal intent." The fire has officially been classified as "undetermined" because investigators couldn't rule out the possibility of an accident.


June 26: Greater Miracle Apostolic Holiness Church in Tallahassee, Florida. The mostly black church was destroyed by a fire on June 26. It was likely set off by an electrical short, so it's not believed to be arson or a hate crime.


June 24: Briar Creek Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. The predominantly black church was burned down on June 24. Investigators are treating the case as arson, but there's no evidence it was a hate crime.


June 23: God’s Power Church of Christ in Macon, Georgia. The mostly black church burned down on June 23. The fire is being investigated as an arson, but local and federal law enforcement agents have said there's no evidence yet of a hate crime.


June 23: Fruitland Presbyterian Church in Gibson County, Tennessee. This is a mostly white church, and it was struck by lightning on June 23. But it's been widely included in reports of church fires.


June 21: College Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. Officials said that someone on June 21 intentionally set fire to a church-owned van and straw near the mostly black church, but the church itself wasn't burned. Investigators have confirmed that the fire was a case of arson. A spokesman for the Knoxville Police Department told local news station WATE that it was being investigated as an act of vandalism rather than a hate crime, because the suspect didn't leave any message or indication of the reason for the crime.

[kchoya]

Jul 1, 2015 11:57:25 GMT -5 This Just In said:

7 black churches burned and counting since Dylan Roof shooting.  6 of the churches are in the South and 1 is located in Ohio.  ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX News ("0" coverage), MSNBC (coverage started today).  There have been 91 violent attacks against black churches since 1956.  Already this year 7 black churches have caught on fire in 10 days.  Is this a coincidence of is something else afoot?

To answer you question, it seems to be coincidence.