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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Palin’s Church Severely Damaged by Arson
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They spared no one in the wrath
Better ask Bill Clinton. He is an expert on black churches being burned.
couldn’t have been thug bastards setting fire to everything else there. nope./s
It’s a setup for the ‘community fears blowback articles.
Rev. Lee: A true man of the clergy should be respectful about the law and not a racist in favor of a crook like Michael Brown
Must have been the KKK.
I’m going to bet that it was either the protestors or the pastor.
Bet the pastored burned it up his self to get a bigger Obama church
This pastor doesn’t belong in the pulpit - if he is spewing his views on this case - which are in error. He sounds like a racist to me.
Or for insurance money.
Nothing coincidental here, I'm sure.
Nope, no white racists did this. This is simply another self-inflicted HOAX and arson. It serves two purposes, helps make Michael Brown yet another VICTIM and gives the church insurance proceeds to build a replacement (and NEW) church building.
Well, Mike was really upset, eh? I thought it was his idea to “burn this bitch down”.
thugs are thugs
did he really think he would be safe from these thugs he help to set off
Ohhhhhh, so that’s where they got to. We heard they were there before the big riots but yet not a single fight involving them? Odd.
I bet he had a big pile of insurance money on it.
I wonder if this preacher ever said anything about God Bless America and chickens coming home to roost from his pulpit.
Lay Down with Dogs,
Get Up with Fleas
Not just Pretty Words...
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