Arson Suspect Targeted Mississippi Synagogue for Its ‘Jewish Ties,’ F.B.I. Says - The New York Times
The suspect, Stephen Spencer Pittman, was turned in by his father, who said his son had laughed as he confessed to the fire that damaged the synagogue, investigators said. He called it the synagogue of Satan.
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| Beth Israel in Jackson, Mississippi, served thirteen states and had been bombed in 1967 by the KKK for supporting civil rights |
