African-American Man Arrested in Burning of Church and Spray-painting of "Vote Trump"

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Flashback to shortly the week before the Presidential election, A Mississippi church was burned and “Vote Trump” was written on the remaining structure. At the time some were skeptical, others took the opportunity to lash out at Racism everywhere. Now authories have reportedly arrested an African-American man in the burning of that Church.

Here’s what we know:

Andrew McClinton of Leland, Mississippi, was charged with first degree arson of a place of worship, said Warren Strain, spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. McClinton is African-American.

McClinton was arrested in Greenville, where Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church was burned and vandalized Nov. 1, a week before the presidential election.

The authorities have said that they no longer believe the motive behind the act was political.

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