Man accused of screaming slurs, mooning black church members
YORK COUNTY, SC (WSOC) — Arby Della Wilson said she couldn’t believe what she heard Sunday morning.
“I was like, ‘This can’t be happening in 2020,‘” she said.
Wilson was with dozens of others worshiping Sunday morning at St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church in Sharon. The historic black church has been part of the community for more than 100 years.
Since COVID-19, the church has moved its music and its message outside. People sit in their cars on the sloping front lawn and listen to Pastor John Brown.
This past Sunday morning was different. A neighbor walked outside, came out to the edge of the street, and began yelling at the people gathered outside.
“He just started shouting racial slurs at us. We’re in the middle of worship. I’m’ preaching and he began to call us the N-word,” Brown said.
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