WHAT A NOBLE GESTURE...:

Authorities investigating a historically black church burned Tuesday night in Greenville also found "Vote Trump" spray-painted on the side.

Mayor Errick D. Simmons called the attack on the century-old Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church "a heinous, hateful and cowardly act," which is being investigated as a possible hate crime.

"This act is a direct assault on people's right to freely worship," he said. "We will not rest until the culprit is found and fully prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

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