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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: SeekAndFind

Oh, his “””””””””””””””CHURCH””””””””””””””” was burned...


21 posted on 11/25/2014 4:58:38 PM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
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To: al baby

Burned it down to collect on insurance??? Maybe?? Then build a larger church with the proceeds


22 posted on 11/25/2014 4:59:13 PM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: SeekAndFind
I was in complete disbelief. I didn't think anyone would set a church on fire.

I guess people's businesses are all right, though.

23 posted on 11/25/2014 5:00:10 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: SeekAndFind

The Missouri church where Michael Brown’s father was baptized over the weekend
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Michael Brown’s father makes himself an instant Christian...just add water..

his mother got married recently ???

makeovers for the parents ???


24 posted on 11/25/2014 5:00:32 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: SeekAndFind

They torched a Church!

Yup - none of that old time religion in Ferguson.


25 posted on 11/25/2014 5:00:39 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SeekAndFind

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


Yeah, right.... ‘cause so many Officer Wilson supporters were out burning things, in Ferguson, last night.


26 posted on 11/25/2014 5:01:09 PM PST by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: SeekAndFind
They should call the National Church Arson Task Force.
If they are no longer in business maybe Janet Reno is still available.
27 posted on 11/25/2014 5:02:02 PM PST by deport
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To: SeekAndFind

I'd check whether the rev increased his insurance lately.

28 posted on 11/25/2014 5:02:26 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: SeekAndFind

Can you believe this guy is in total denial that blacks torched his church?


29 posted on 11/25/2014 5:03:39 PM PST by Veto! ( Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: goldstategop

Why preach about fire and brimstone when it can be better demonstrated.


30 posted on 11/25/2014 5:03:45 PM PST by Catsrus (al)
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To: Morgana

You got it. Insurance.


31 posted on 11/25/2014 5:04:38 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: SeekAndFind
"Sunday, we do the baptism, Monday, the church is one fire. It just doesn't add up," he said.

Divine intervention?

32 posted on 11/25/2014 5:05:39 PM PST by tacticalogic
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To: Verginius Rufus

give this man a cigar....


33 posted on 11/25/2014 5:07:45 PM PST by stylin19a (Obama ----> Fredo smart)
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To: SeekAndFind

Self inflicted.


34 posted on 11/25/2014 5:09:57 PM PST by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: SeekAndFind
But, he supported the Communist beliefs and got them into power, Why would they
arrest him and throw him in the death camps? Because nobody will be spared
who threatens that power.

The Preacher supported an unjust cause and this is what you get, the Devil.
Burns like hell doesn't it, Pastor?

35 posted on 11/25/2014 5:09:59 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh yeah, another black on black crime, and the black reverend pastor blames it on the white guys. LOL. You just can’t make this stuff up.


36 posted on 11/25/2014 5:13:03 PM PST by CdMGuy
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To: Morgana

I think it was an act of God. No insurance covers that, I don’t think.


37 posted on 11/25/2014 5:13:35 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Veto!

It was either those rioters or a bolt of lightning from Heaven nailed it!


38 posted on 11/25/2014 5:13:48 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Put lipstick on a Communist and call it a Progressive, but it's still a Communist with lipstick.)
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To: SeekAndFind
The careers of Self-appointed prophets often do not end well.
39 posted on 11/25/2014 5:13:58 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Darksheare

FERGUSON, NOVEMBER 2014


40 posted on 11/25/2014 5:14:01 PM PST by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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