Church set on fire and vandalized with 'Vote Trump.'

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According to ABC News, authorities in Greenville, Miss. have launched a
hate crimes investigation after a local church was burned and vandalized with the words "Vote Trump" on Tuesday evening.

"This matter is being investigated as a hate crime," Greenville Mayor Errick D. Simmons said in a statement today. "This act is a direct assault of people’s right to freely worship. Moreover, this matter is being investigated with all deliberate speed and we will not rest until the culprit is found and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

The Greenville Fire Department dispatched crews to the Hopewell M.B. Church around 9:16 p.m. on Tuesday after receiving reports of a fire, the department said in a news release today.
First responders discovered the church "engulfed in flames," and the building "was vandalized with the words, 'Vote Trump' spray-painted on the side," the release said.



Hopewell M.B. Church has a predominantly black congregation, and about 78 percent of Greenville's residents are African-American, The Associated Press reported.

Credits: ABC News.

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