{"id":1965650,"date":"2023-07-06T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-christian-hate-crime-case-opened-after-disturbing-discovery-on-churchs-front-lawn\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T14:04:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:04:54","slug":"anti-christian-hate-crime-case-opened-after-disturbing-discovery-on-churchs-front-lawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-christian-hate-crime-case-opened-after-disturbing-discovery-on-churchs-front-lawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate crime case opened after disturbing find on church lawn."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-christian-hate-crime-case-opened-after-disturbing-discovery-on-churchs-front-lawn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1965650&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Anti-Christian Hate Crime Case Opened After Disturbing Discovery on Church&#8217;s Front Lawn<\/h2>\n<p>Authorities in Los Angeles have opened up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-make-arrests-over-online-racist-abuse-aimed-at-englands-black-soccer-players\/\" title=\"Police Make Arrests Over Online Racist Abuse Aimed At England\u2019s Black Soccer Players\">hate crime investigation<\/a> after someone set fire to three crosses outside of a church in the San Fernando Valley Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The crosses were on the property of the Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-strange-weather-condition-blamed-plane-slams-los-angeles-hillside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a> neighborhood of Sylmar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/3-crosses-set-on-fire-in-front-of-sylmar-church-hate-crime-suspected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTLA-TV<\/a> reported police were called to the church at around 4:45 a.m. PT Thursday morning about the fires.<\/p>\n<p>A neighbor had already brought a garden hose to the church parking lot and put out the blazes.<\/p>\n<p>Images posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/twitter-users-convinced-wh-cocaine-hunter-bidens-think-know-brought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> of the three crosses showed one of them had fallen after it was torched by an unknown arsonist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Investigators putting up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-linked-manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-no-incarceration-except-for-homicide-and-a-few-other-cases\/\" title=\"Soros-linked Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg: No Incarceration Except for Homicide and a Few Other Cases\">yellow crime scene tape<\/a> outside a church in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sylmar?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sylmar<\/a>. Where 3 crosses were set on fire early today. Authorities are looking into a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HateCrime?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HateCrime<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/knxnews?\">@knxnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y311IjeTDU\">pic.twitter.com\/Y311IjeTDU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Baird (@KNXBaird) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KNXBaird\/status\/1676982384162656256?\">July 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Arsonist sets three crosses in front of the Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church on fire.<br \/>\nThe House of Worship Task Force, comprised in part by the LAPD, LAFD, ATF and the FBI, investigating this as possible hate crime. We\u2019re live. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXLA?\">@foxla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TvDam9BRio\">pic.twitter.com\/TvDam9BRio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gigi Graciette (@GigiGraciette) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GigiGraciette\/status\/1676950825346936833?\">July 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DEVELOPING! Los Angeles: Burned crosses at Sylmar Christain church lead LAPD to a hate crime investigation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j1HxuMKfce\">pic.twitter.com\/j1HxuMKfce<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AlphaFox (@Alphafox78) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alphafox78\/status\/1676971925808226305?\">July 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>All were charred while the structure was undamaged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably an accelerant was used, but we\u2019re not sure at this time,\u201d an official with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-strange-weather-condition-blamed-plane-slams-los-angeles-hillside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Fire Department<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>The department told <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/church-crosses-burned-sylmar-investigation\/13468229\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KABC-TV<\/a>, \u201cUpon arrival, firefighters found the flames to be out (and a garden hose on the ground nearby), and only smoldering wood remained.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of standard protocol, the blazes are being investigated as a potential hate crime because the target was a house of worship.<\/p>\n<p>The LAFD and Los Angeles Police Department are working together with ATF and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/attention-mar-lago-fbi-another-trump-property-eyeing-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a> to investigate who might have targeted the church.<\/p>\n<p>Police had offered no suspect description as of Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The church shared an image of the targeted crosses on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-facebook-parent-company-meta-slammed-record-breaking-fine-ordered-change-course\/\">Facebook<\/a> and said members are \u201cdoing well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood morning Family and Friends! We want to let everyone know that we are doing well and the church is Good,\u201d the Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post added, \u201cWe thank you for your prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The church <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sylmarcfc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offers<\/a> a number of services to its community, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-christian-hate-crime-case-opened-after-disturbing-discovery-on-churchs-front-lawn\/\" title=\"Hate crime case opened after disturbing find on church lawn.\">including food drop-offs<\/a>, regular church services, outreach to criminal offenders and Vacation Bible School.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s report on <a href=\"https:\/\/cde.ucr.cjis.gov\/LATEST\/webapp\/#\/pages\/explorer\/crime\/hate-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hate crimes<\/a> against Christians for 2021 showed at least three instances of arson and dozens of other instances of property crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The bureau has yet to release similar data for 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anti-christian-hate-crime-case-opened-disturbing-discovery-churchs-front-lawn\/\">Anti-Christian Hate Crime Case Opened After Disturbing Discovery on Church&#8217;s Front Lawn<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Los Angeles are investigating a hate crime after three crosses were set on fire outside a church in the San Fernando Valley. The incident occurred at the Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church in Sylmar. 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