Authorities said they are investigating the arson at Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church as a possible hate crime.
Three crosses in front of the church on Polk Street were set on fire Thursday morning around 4:30 a.m. Officials said each cross was individually set on fire and an accelerant was used. The middle cross was seen knocked down to the ground.No injuries or other damages were reported.
The House of Worship Task Force, comprised in part by the LAPD, LAFD, and the FBI, is investigating this as a possible hate crime. The investigation remains ongoing and anyone who may have witnessed this crime or has any other information is urged to call police. Since the 1960s, arson fires at African-American churches were very common in the South, spurring Congress to pass the Church Arson Prevention Act in 1996.
In addition, then-President Bill Clinton formed the National Church Arson Task Force due to a sharp increase in church fires.
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