NAACP president calls series of church fires in Louisiana 'domestic terrorism.'
in Louisiana in a 10-day span, the president of the NAACP called the destructive acts "domestic terrorism" and suggested they are the result of emboldened racial rhetoric sweeping the country.
A fourth fire occurred on March 31 at Vivian United Pentecostal Church in Vivian, about 200 miles from St. Landry Parish in the northeast corner of the state. The state fire marshal confirmed the blaze was intentionally set inside the church and caused a small amount of damage before it burned itself out.
"What is happening in Tennessee and Louisiana is domestic terrorism and we must not turn a blind eye to any incident where people are targeted because of the color of their skin and their faith," Johnson said in a statement. Louisiana State Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning said that investigators probing the rash of church fires in his state have found similarities in the incidents, but he declined to elaborate.
A Louisiana State Fire Marshall vehicle is seen outside the fire-destroyed St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre, Louisiana, March 26, 2019, in this picture obtained from social media.
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