Charleston moves the united states:
Hundreds of people
filed past the open coffin Ethel Lance, 71, in a funeral home in North
Charleston, before a church service held in the afternoon to Sharonda
Singleton, 45.
The two women were part
of the Bible study group targeted June 17 at the historic church "Emanuel
African Methodist Episcopal Church" of the city. The alleged perpetrator,
Dylann Roof, wanted with this massacre launch a "racial war"
In Mount Moriah
Missionary Baptist Church, packed, 2,000 people paid tribute to Sharonda
Singleton. "She thought she could change every child," said the
Governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley Republican. Jesse Jackson and Al
Sharpton, two of the most iconic civil rights activists in the United States, was
also present.
In Washington, the
Minister of Justice Loretta Lynch said it was too early to say whether Dylann
Roof could be prosecuted for federal expense. A federal investigation for hate
crime and act of domestic terrorism is ongoing.
Dylann Roof was charged
including murder and has since isolation in a prison in North Charleston. The
Governor said to be in favor of the death penalty if convicted.


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