Unnamed Woman Who Tried To Burn Down Berkeley Black Church Wanted For Arrest, Councilmember Bartlett Blasts Action

A pistillate appears successful a video showing her trying and failing to acceptable occurrence to Ebenezer Baptist Church connected the country of Woolsey and Martin Luther King Way successful Berkeley, California. Video beneath from KPIX connected YouTube:

Councilmember Ben Bartlett, Berkeley, reports:

For the 2nd clip successful a year, an African-American religion successful Berkeley was targeted successful an arson attack. This latest effort was Ebenezer Baptist Church connected the country of Woolsey and Martin Luther King Way. Pastor Kevin Craddock II shared a video of the incidental with KPIX. 

“We anticipation this is not racially motivated. However, this is an onslaught connected each of us, and going backmost successful history, the just lodging enactment came from this vicinity and erstwhile they were passing it, radical threw bricks done their windows. And portion determination is simply a temptation to abstracted this onslaught from racism, to absorption alternatively connected intelligence illness, here’s the happening — Racism is Mental Illness” – Ben Bartlett

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