A black church in the Mississippi Delta was burned and vandalized with pro-Trump graffiti in what law enforcement is now calling an attempt at voter intimidation.

by Alexandra Werner-Winslow

November 2, 2016

Fire fighters arrived to find Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church “heavily engulfed in flames” with the words “Vote Trump” spray-painted on the side of the building, according to Mayor Errick Simmons, who spoke at a press conference Wednesday morning.

Simmons said that Tuesday’s fire is being investigated as a hate crime.

The city’s investigation is taking into account the nation’s history of attacks on black churches, according to Greenville Police Chief Delano Wilson, including those as recent as last year, when six Southern churches were damaged or destroyed.

Full article: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/11/02/authorities-suspect-voter-intimidation-burning-vandalism-mississippi-church