A cross burning at the Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church, a predominantly African-American church, is being investigated as a possible hate crime.
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Ministers and members from various churches in the area came by. Looked at the burnt wood from the pre-dawn attack; an attack being investigated as a hate crime by the Houses of Worship Task Force that includes members of the LAPD, LAFD, ATF and FBT. "It appears that somebody used a garden hose when the saw that the crosses were on fire and put the fires out," Phillips said.We talked with the church's Pastor Pierre Howard. He says the whole thing is tough.
The church is predominantly made up of African Americans. We asked him if he thought it was a hate crime.
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