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Michael Brown Sr.'s Church Burned in Ferguson
NBC News ^ | 11 | JOHN BRECHER AND RICK BROWN

Posted on 11/25/2014 4:51:16 PM PST by SeekAndFind

The Missouri church where Michael Brown's father was baptized over the weekend was torched Monday night — but the pastor does not think the arson was part of the fiery violence that erupted elsewhere in the community.

The Rev. Carlton Lee told NBC News that he believes Flood Christian Church was targeted because he has repeatedly called for the arrest of Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot the unarmed teen but was not indicted by a grand jury.

"I'm very vocal in regards to the Michael Brown case," said Lee, who has participated in rallies and press conferences with Michael Brown Sr.

The church went up in flames around the same time about a dozen other buildings were set ablaze in Ferguson by protesters angered by the grand jury's decision, but it's on a remote section of West Florissant Avenue where other structures were unscathed.

"The police called me and told me the church was on fire," Lee said. "I was in complete disbelief. I didn't think anyone would set a church on fire.

"I feel like one of my children has died. I put my blood, my sweat, my tears into this church, getting this church built from the ground up. To see that it was taken down in a few minutes is really heartbreaking."

He said he told Michael Brown Sr. about the extensive damage on Tuesday afternoon. "He was just devastated again," he said.

The pastor said he doubted the same people who were raging on the other end of West Florissant had burned his church. Instead, he said, he suspected white supremacists who wanted to punish him for his support of the Brown family, who had just been baptized there.

"Sunday, we do the baptism, Monday, the church is one fire. It just doesn't add up,"

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: ferguson; michaelbrown; missouri; riots
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To: Allynnova
I was wondering how much of the stuff that was looted was "good stuff."

I'd think that a savvy businessman, who had a pretty good idea of what was coming, could clear out the store of high-quality merchandise and stock the shelves with damaged or low-demand products to clear out his inventory of dead stock and problem merchandise... billing the insurance company once the inevitable riots hit.

But maybe I'm just Machiavellian. And, of course, NOTHING excuses what happened there. Who loots a Family Dollar Store, anyway? And what would Walgreen's have that would justify this?

121 posted on 11/26/2014 7:14:37 AM PST by TontoKowalski
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To: TontoKowalski

I was wondering if, maybe, the liquor on the shelves of the looted store might just be full of methanol. The bottles are for “display only”.


122 posted on 11/26/2014 7:18:28 AM PST by wrench (Ebola is not a threat to the US. 0bama says so, and he would never lie..........)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wow, those pictures are stunning. It looks like a war zone.

This is not a nice thing to say, but I’ll say it. No one from outside Ferguson should touch it, to clean it up. Leave it that way and let the people who live there either clean it up or live with what their neighbors have done.

At some point, there has to be some condemnation of violence and destruction from within their own community.


123 posted on 11/26/2014 7:47:39 AM PST by proud American in Canada
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To: TontoKowalski

Medicines are expensive by weight and by volume...


124 posted on 11/26/2014 9:11:01 AM PST by Allynnova
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To: SeekAndFind

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.


125 posted on 11/26/2014 10:55:38 AM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: SeekAndFind

>> “The Missouri church where Michael Brown’s father was baptized over the weekend...” <<

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New found faith? or just poor writing skills?

I do find it amazing and surprising that the old guy would attend church.

How did the son become a thug?
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126 posted on 11/26/2014 10:59:22 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Veto!
Can you believe this guy is in total denial that blacks torched his church?

Sadly, yes I can believe exactly that. I've seen this kind of denial, this kind of refusal to face simple facts before...

the infowarrior

127 posted on 11/27/2014 10:01:13 AM PST by infowarrior
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To: Rusty0604
I’m sure if there were white supremacists running around setting black churches on fire the media would have been all over it.

Just as *I* am certain that the only "white supremacists" within 100 miles of Ferguson, MO did their work not for an organization known as KKK, but organizations known as ABC, CBS, NBC, et al...

the infowarrior

128 posted on 11/27/2014 10:28:34 AM PST by infowarrior
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To: Jedidah

Yes, but they know it and are counting on the government to step in with their usual big bags of goodies.


129 posted on 11/27/2014 10:42:01 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bush’s fault!


130 posted on 11/28/2014 4:03:53 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: SeekAndFind
Lee said. "I was in complete disbelief. I didn't think anyone would set a church on fire.

Join the club.
131 posted on 11/28/2014 5:42:36 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Compared to obama, Jimmy Carter looks like Winston Churchill.)
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To: SeekAndFind
the pastor does not think the arson was part of the fiery violence that erupted elsewhere in the community. The Rev. Carlton Lee told NBC News that he believes Flood Christian Church was targeted because he has repeatedly called for the arrest of Officer Darren Wilson

Bullshite Rev, bullshite.

132 posted on 11/28/2014 4:09:20 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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