…and no arrests; no updates; and no real indication that the federal government is taking seriously an organized attempt to murder mothers and children by setting their church on fire. Remember: they used accelerant on the doors. There’s no chance at all this was meant to be a ‘prank.’
Eric Holder recently went before Congress to call for a strengthened hate crimes bill. It occurs to me that calling his office at 202-353-1555 and politely inquiring how the Department of Justice is doing in its investigation of this existing one would be an excellent way to start your work week.
Moe Lane
PS: The response to this should not break down along partisan political lines; I will be pleasantly surprised if this turns out to be the case.
Crossposted to RedState.
The problem here is that arson is very hard to investigate. According to the 2007 statistics from the Alaska Department of Safety, there were 113 cases and only 30 convictions.
I would of checked out the 2008 statistics they aren’t on the web yet.
Found on page 82 at http://www.dps.state.ak.us/Statewide/docs/UCR/UCR_2007.pdf
Oh and I think the people who did it should be locked away for a good long time!