La. Gov. Edwards Issues Statement on Guilty Plea of Matthews in Case of African-American Church Fires
February 11, 2020
February 11, 2020
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 11 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement:
Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a statement on the guilty plea of Holden Matthews on six state charges and six federal charges, including six total hate crime charges, for setting three historic African-American churches on fire in St. Landry Parish last spring.
Gov. Edwards said:
"These unthinkable acts deprived three church communities of not only th . . .
Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a statement on the guilty plea of Holden Matthews on six state charges and six federal charges, including six total hate crime charges, for setting three historic African-American churches on fire in St. Landry Parish last spring.
Gov. Edwards said:
"These unthinkable acts deprived three church communities of not only th . . .