Member of Black Church That Was Burnt Down, ‘Vote Trump’ Scrawled on
Its Side, Charged With Arson
A 45-year-old member of a black church in Greenville, Mississippi, is
in custody for burning it down in November, when the words “Vote
Trump� were also spray painted on its side.

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Andrew McClinton, of
Leland, Mississippi, is scheduled to appear in court Thursday on a
single charge of first-degree arson of a place of worship. The
Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church was destroyed by the Nov. 1 fire.

McClinton, who’s African American, is a member of the church, Hopewell
Missionary Baptist Bishop Clarence Green told the AP.