Emanuel AME : Charleston South Carolina shooting has left at least 8 dead.

praying and hoping and wishing ain't gonna do it. people need to get out there and protect their own.

the gov't, law enforcement and other establishment talking heads ain't on your side
 
Police Respond to Shooting in Downtown Charleston, S.C.; 9 Fatalities Confirmed

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Associated Press - Updated June 18, 2015 12:43 A.M. ET

Police are saying on Twitter that they're looking for a 21-year-old white male

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) — Nine people were killed in a shooting Wednesday night at the site of a historic African-American church in downtown Charleston.

The shooting took place at the address of the Emanuel AME Church. The Post and Courier newspaper reported that the pastor of the church, state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, was inside for a service at the time of the shooting.

Antjuan Seawright, a spokesman for state Senate Democrats, said he hadn’t heard from Pinkney or his family.

“We are praying,” Seawright said.

Police helicopters with searchlights were circling overhead in the area, while several pastors could be seen kneeling and praying across the street. Police moved members of the news media back away from the site due to what they called an “imminent” threat. They did not release any details.

The campaign of GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush sent out an email saying that due to the shooting, the candidate had canceled an event planned in the city Thursday.

The Emmanuel AME church is a historic African-American church that traces its roots to 1816, when several churches split from Charleston’s Methodist Episcopal church.

One of its founders, Denmark Vesey, tried to organize a slave revolt in 1822. He was caught, and white landowners had his church burned in revenge. Parishioners worshipped underground until after the Civil War.

The shooting happened the day before the eighth anniversary of a fire at a furniture store that killed nine Charleston firefighters.


Link: http://time.com/3925850/emanuel-ame-church-shooting-in-downtown-charleston-south-carolina/


Oh my.


The shooting happened the day before the eighth anniversary of a fire at a furniture store that killed nine Charleston firefighters.
 
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Has life gotten to the point where people have to tote hammers to church? Pistolas in the church tho, wtf. Nothing is sacred.
 
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The Associated Press ‏@AP 2m
BREAKING: Charleston police chief says he will investigate shooting at black church as hate crime


Luke Russert @LukeRussert 5m
Suspect is 21 year old male w sandy brown hair. CollegeofCharleston is a few blocks away from scene & has many fitting that. Will complicate


Bomani Jones ‏@bomani_jones 22m
if the shooter is unknown, how do they know he’s 21?
 
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1:00 a.m. (EDT)

Charleston police say nine people have been killed in a shooting at a historic black church in what authorities intend to investigate as a hate crime.

Police Chief Greg Mullen says eight people were found dead Wednesday at Emanuel AME Church and another person died later at the hospital.
 
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This is ridiculous :smh:
Hope they get the shooter and put him in jail forever
 
So sad. my mom is from that area and my cousin was married in that church about two years ago. I was just there for work at the hotel everyone is at like two weeks ago...:smh:
 
RIP to the victims, man 
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Where would that be though? That's the question I find myself asking right now.

Not entirely sure, to be honest. Obviously there's racism everywhere so you'll never be able to completely avoid it. But I gotta believe there are places out there where the black/white thing isn't so prominent.

And part of it would be to stop the charade of acting like I'm accepted here by the majority. As I get older I see more and more that I'm not. Ive grown tired of pretending.
 
RIP to the unlucky ones who were taken by this sad human being. Can't even fathom it as a family member or loved one. Horrifying story in a lot of ways.
 
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"White peoples ain't bad" -2015 *****


Strap up my brothers because these white supremacist getting bold again

This is the truth. White America needs to see blacks start owning guns just like they do. If that statistic goes up, I'm willing to bet things will change.

I'm happy it's at least being investigated as a hate crime.
 
This really pisses me off
If this guy was a muslim and shot up a white church, every news outlet would be helping out a nation wide man hunt to find the terrorist. But hes a white prick who shot up a black church so its just another news story and it is being "investigated" as a hate crime
 
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