Chacina nos EUA relembra que igrejas são alvos preferenciais de ataques racistas

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No comentário desta sexta-feira (19), o correspondente internacional Caio Blinder fala sobre a chacina que aconteceu em uma igreja nos Estado Unidos. O caso aconteceu na quarta (17) no estado da Carolina do Sul.

O ato, que tem fortes indícios de motivações racistas, teve nove vítimas fatais e mostra como locais de preces são alvos preferenciais de ataques do tipo. A igreja palco do massacre já foi, ao longo de sua história, local de discurso de Martin Luther King e incêndios criminosos.

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