Racial Character of the Violence
More than 150 Southern black churches have burned since 1990, many of them utterly destroyed and at least 100 of them linked to racism. Despite the banner headlines and the overall notoriety of these incidents, the true nature of the campaign of violence and what underlies it remains veiled in darkness. Few Americans know, for example, that at least 34 white suspects have been arrested in connection with the crimes, with 26 convicted. No blacks have been convicted. These criminals have been apprehended and brought to justice due almost exclusively to local—not federal—law enforcement efforts, though hundreds of federal officers are investigating. Most of the crimes remain unsolved, including firebombings which the ATF has been investigating for years with no visible results. Despite overwhelming evidence establishing the racial character of the plague of violence, federal spokesmen have made deliberate misrepresentations, claiming that race has not been a factor in the bombings and that no apparent pattern or motive for the widespread destruction exists.
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