3 crosses at predominantly Black and Latino California church church set on fire; police investigating possible hate crime
Officials were working Thursday, July 6 to determine who set three crosses outside a church in Sylmar on fire early that morning in what local and federal law enforcement were treating as a possible hate crime.
By the afternoon, arson investigators with the Los Angeles Fire Department were examining one of the crosses outside Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church at 13901 Polk StreetThe investigators had taken the cross to cut a small sample from the charred wood. They wiped the same cross with a solution and took a sample from the residue. And they took soil samples from around the base of the crosses — all in an effort to determine how they were set on fire.
Nearby, Pierre Howard, the church’s pastor for the last 13 years, was adamant the crosses would stay, charred and damaged as they were.Police and firefighters were called to the church at around 5 a.m. on Thursday. When they arrived, the crosses had clearly been burned but were no longer on fire.
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
California renters in ugly mood: 71% say bad times aheadPublic Policy Institute of California’s annual statewide poll surveyed 1,576 California adults in June.
Weiterlesen »
California Highway Patrol says 68 people died in California crashes during holiday weekend -SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A total of 68 people were killed in crashes throughout California during the Independence Day maximum enforcement period, which began at 6:01 p.m. Friday and concluded at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, the California Highway Patrol said Thursday. Nearly half of the vehicle occupants who died within CHP jurisdiction were not wearing a seat belt. The total numbers...
Weiterlesen »
Youngest Latino, Emmanuel Guerrero, sworn into Pasadena City CouncilEmmanuel Guerrero was the first and youngest Latino sworn in to represent Pasadena City Council District C on Wednesday.
Weiterlesen »
Meet Emmanuel Guerrero, Pasadena's youngest Latino city councilmemberHistory was made in Pasadena, where District C Councilmember Emmanuel Guerrero was sworn in ahead of Wednesday's council meeting, replacing 30-year incumbent, Don Harrison.
Weiterlesen »
Judge blocks Florida provision that would limit Latino voter registrationA new Florida elections law provision prohibiting non-citizens, including legal residents, from collecting voter registrations was blocked by a federal judge.
Weiterlesen »
California church targeted with overnight cross burnings, police investigatingCrosses were burned outside Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church in Los Angeles on Thursday morning. Authorities are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
Weiterlesen »