6/30/15

Tribute to the victims of racist shooting.


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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