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An investigation is underway after a sign was defaced with graffiti at an area church in Western Massachusetts.
The sign out front of the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Springfield was defaced around Tuesday, April 27, with the words on the sign spray-painted over with black painted graffiti.
At the time of the incident, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno said the incident was just plain terrible. What is wrong with our society to deface a House of Worship! I have spoken to Rev. Dr. W.C. Watson of Canaan Baptist Church to offer my and our city assistance to clean up this desecration, he said.
Mayor DeMaria calls the incident a ‘hate crime’ against the church
Vandals struck the Zion Baptist Church overnight Thursday by uprooting the large cross from the ground in front of the historic Black church and tossing it in a yard down Broadway.
Bishop Robert Brown said he was alerted to the vandalism Thursday morning and was incensed, but still doesn’t know the exact motives for what was done but said there could be a number of possibilities.
Bishop Brown – who is the chair of the City’s new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Equal Employment Commission – has been outspoken lately in the Independent and on his RGB Internet Radio Program about the verdict in the Derek Chauvin case, and he said initially he has wondered if it could be a hate crime directed at his speech. That, he said, is one possibility and, if true, such an act won’t cause him to back down.
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April 28, 2021
The Civil Rights movement was propelled by the blatant portrayal, yet denial, of Americas systemic racism. The refusal to recognize the grave social injustices levied upon the African American community, compelled the church to respond. Clergy, Rabbis, community activists and Black and White activists led nationwide protests here in America. The Negro had been denied access to the American Dream and this needed to be remedied. No honest historian can ever claim that religion played no part in the process. Quite to the contrary: the church was the chief launching pad of the movement and activists of all colors were primarily recruited from the house of God.
Apr 29, 2021
Another Springfield church has been hit by criminal activity.
Someone spray-painted over the sign of the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ on Hobart Street sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
Mayor Domenic Sarno called the vandalism hateful and said the police department is investigating.
The Pastor of the Church The Reverend Dr WC Watson says when he got the call of the incident it was like a gut punch . He wants to know what happened and will hold off on further comment until all the facts are in.