Jun 19 Watch 5:04 South Carolina still reeling after devastating hate crime By PBS News Hour Wracked by grief, Charleston is struggling to recover in the wake of the shooting at Emmanuel AME church. During a bond hearing for gunman Dylann Roof, family members of victims presented a portrait of grief, strength, and forgiveness. Continue watching
Jun 19 Families of Charleston shooting victims say ‘hate won’t win’ By Colleen Shalby At the start of today’s hearing for Dylann Roof -- the 21-year-old man who shot and killed nine people during a bible study at Emanual __ in downtown Charleston -- the judge told him that “Charleston is a loving community.”… Continue reading
Jun 19 GOP contenders condemn SC shooting as attack on faith By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Republican presidential contenders on Friday condemned the deadly shootings in South Carolina as an attack on faith, offering deeply personal responses to the murders but no suggestion that they see gun control as part of the answer. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 10:09 Charleston shooter likely inspired by white supremacy movement By PBS News Hour The deadly shooting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, has rocked the nation. Gwen Ifill speaks with Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) and Heidi Beirich of Southern Poverty Law Center about the tragedy and how it reflects current race relations… Continue watching
Jun 18 Video: Slain Rev. Clementa Pinckney from PBS documentary ‘The African Americans’ By Colleen Shalby Rev. Clementa Pinckney was one of the nine people killed in Wednesday night’s shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Continue reading
Jun 18 Everything we know about the Charleston church shooting By Larisa Epatko The nine people shot and killed at a historic African-American church on Wednesday evening ranged in age from 26 to 87. They were attending Bible study and the gunman was sitting among them. Continue reading