Cops always want to find an excuse for not calling someone a domestic terrorist.
I don’t know how many black metal bands there are in this country but I am sure none of them are telling people to burn down black churches.
This is already a clown show.
A man arrested in connection with fires at three historically black Louisiana churches was identified as Holden Matthews, 21, said Gov. John Bel Edwards. Edwards said the fires were a reminder of “a very dark past of intimidation and fear.”
Matthews is charged three counts of simple arson on a religious building, State Fire Marshal Butch Browning said. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years.
“We can now confirm all three of these fires are intentionally set and all three of these fires are related,” Browning said.
The motive is still under investigation but Browning said Matthews may have been influenced by “black metal music”
Matthews is the son of a local sheriff’s deputy, St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said. “Holden’s father is an employee of mine,” Guidroz told reporters. “He was shocked and hurt as any father would be … He was in terrible shape.”
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