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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: Morgana
Warning came, no one cared. Earth was shakin', we stood and stared. When it came no one was spared. Still I hear "Burn!"
41 posted on 11/25/2014 5:14:12 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: SeekAndFind

42 posted on 11/25/2014 5:14:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: Chode

43 posted on 11/25/2014 5:15:16 PM PST by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

44 posted on 11/25/2014 5:15:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

45 posted on 11/25/2014 5:16:08 PM PST by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

the town they deserve


46 posted on 11/25/2014 5:16:19 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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47 posted on 11/25/2014 5:16:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What they don’t understand is that the white people who champion their “cause” are not very big fans of religion.


48 posted on 11/25/2014 5:17:29 PM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Chode

Smoke on the water, Fire in the sky.


49 posted on 11/25/2014 5:18:13 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

War is hell.


50 posted on 11/25/2014 5:18:18 PM PST by Iron Munro (Obama "I stand with the 2/3 who were too lazy, disinterested, stupid or dead to vote")
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To: SeekAndFind

Elect republicans, and black churches will burn!

It will be democrats that did the burning, though.


51 posted on 11/25/2014 5:19:04 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: SeekAndFind
i truly hope it was a learning experience for those businesses and they take their insurance money and go far far away...
52 posted on 11/25/2014 5:19:38 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: SeekAndFind; GeronL

Anarchists are gonna smash the establishment.

It’s what they do.


53 posted on 11/25/2014 5:21:07 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yep. That’s it. White supremecists rode in to town where they blended in with the locals and burned your church. None of the locals that were burning and looting the stores had anything to do with it...

Nelson Muntz could not be reached for comment.


54 posted on 11/25/2014 5:22:00 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: VanDeKoik

The pastor said Amerikka’s fascists AKA conservatives burned down his church.

He’s in deep denial.


55 posted on 11/25/2014 5:22:18 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: smokingfrog
Must have been the KKK.

Oh, Democrat on Democrat hate.

56 posted on 11/25/2014 5:22:47 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Organic Panic

Is that what they call Republicans in the black community these days?


57 posted on 11/25/2014 5:23:10 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: dfwgator
LOL! yup, that one too...
58 posted on 11/25/2014 5:23:28 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: a fool in paradise
Anarchists are gonna smash the establishment.

There are a lot more of us, and we have guns.

59 posted on 11/25/2014 5:24:38 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: windsorknot

The Occupy Anarchists are the ones I’m talking about. Their goal is to smash the patriarchy. The race war is just their smokescreen (and patsies).

They strike soft targets (like Christian churches, regardless of color of congregation or denomination).


60 posted on 11/25/2014 5:29:56 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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