"(Reuters) - The
FBI on Wednesday offered a $5,000 reward for help tracking down vandals
who spray-painted anti-Mormon graffiti on three churches in a spree of
defacements that left a predominantly Mormon town in southeastern Idaho
shocked and puzzled.
The phrases and
graphics - which included inverted crosses, "Die Mormons" and "Brigham
Young was a rapist," an epithet against the early church leader - were
emblazoned on doors and sidewalks at three Mormon meeting houses, or
churches, in the town of Chubbuck.
The
graffiti attacks, first noticed on November 7, have bewildered the town
of some 14,000 residents whose culture is largely shaped by the
dominance of the Mormon faith, known officially as the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"It's
an organization of faith, and what was said are potential threats,"
said William Facer, spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
which is seeking help in a multi-state investigation into what it
regards as a hate crime."
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For some reason it strikes me that the FBI wouldn't have gotten involved if this was a "hate crime" towards a minority group in Idaho...
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