Police in Greenville, Mississippi are lying through their fascist teeth. Last month, a local Baptist church went up in flames and it was confirmed to be arson, but that’s not all.
The words ‘Vote Trump’ were spray painted on the side of the building, which was completely destroyed in the inferno.
Andrew McClinton, a former member of the Black church, was recently charged with the hate crime. The 45-year-old has been arrested and is being held on a $250,000 bond.
The act of violence came after a long campaign by President-elect Donald Trump, which often consisted of his supporters yelling hateful rhetoric at rallies. A White man even assaulted a Black protester back in March. After the incident, which was caught on tape, the Trump supporter looked at the camera and said:
“Next time, we might have to kill him.”
The White Trump supporter later apologized to the Black protester in court, right after receiving a 30-day jail sentence and one-year of unsupervised probation.
Despite the words ‘Vote Trump’ emblazoned on the building, police are insisting that politics had nothing to do with it. Local Police Chief Delando Wilson said:
“The investigation is leaning towards the motive that we are still investigating, which doesn’t appear to have anything to do with politics.”
Trump received the official endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police.
The @GLFOP has made an endorsement for President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/L5ydPsNauI
— National FOP (@GLFOP) September 16, 2016
His supporters have committed a series of hate crimes since he was elected, and several have been caught on camera yelling racial slurs at people in public places. A well-known incident occurred at Starbucks, where a man said the baristas took their time with his coffee because they knew he voted for Trump.
He’s seen talking with a Black barista behind the counter.
Trump once saw a Black man at one of his primarily White rallies and assumed he didn’t belong, saying:
“We have a protestor.”
After his supporters began to boo, Trump continued:
“By the way, were you paid $1,500 to be a thug?”
His security team escorted the Black man after Trump then yelled:
“You can get him out. Get him out.”
The man in question was C.J. Cary, an avid Trump supporter who just happened to be Black.
https://twitter.com/Lips4daze/status/793184874211442688
Police have yet to release any other information about the arson.
Watch this compilation of racist Trump supporters, which shows them using offensive, racial slurs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KG5ILNJe7k
Feature Image: Screenshot Via Twitter.
