To: officials in St. Louis, Francis G. Slay, Mayor, Dennis Jenkerson, Fire Chief, and Colonel Samuel Dotson III, Police Chief

St. Louis Church Arsons: Hate Crimes?

Six predominantly Black houses of worship outside of Ferguson, MO have been set on fire in the past month. St. Louis officials need to take these seriously and investigate them as hate crimes.

Why is this important?

My petition is about the need to take the church arsons outside of Ferguson, MO seriously and investigate them as hate crimes. Although I don't live in Missouri, as a humanist and a Jew, I feel that we are all responsible for making the world a better place and that hate crimes always need to be investigated with rigor.