Charleston Shooting at Church That's Steeped in History

[Herbalist Dr MziziMkavu]

Police stand outside the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina.


The South Carolina church that was the site of Wednesday night's massacre is steeped in historic significance stretching from slavery to the civil rights movement.

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, built in 1891, is the oldest of its kind in the South and is listed among the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places.

9 Dead in Charleston, South Carolina Church Shooting and Hate Crime, Gunman at Large
Sadness, Shock Following South Carolina Church Shooting
South Carolina Church Shooting Sparks Outpouring of Grief

The place of worship, led by the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, turned into a crime scene when police say a gunman opened fire during a regularly scheduled prayer group. Nine people have been confirmed dead and the shooter remains at large.

Emanuel AME Church, known locally as "Mother Emanuel," played a large role in the development of the city's religious community for African-Americans in the late 1700s and early 1800s, according to their website.

PHOTO: Worshippers gather to pray down the street from the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina.

The original church was associated with a planned slave revolt in the 1820s and the building was burned down during that time.

One of the church founders, Denmark Vesey, organized the revolt, but authorities foiled the plot, which created "mass hysteria" in the area, the website said.

Vesey was among 35 who were arrested and executed as a result, the Parks Service said.

The church's website states that it held underground worship services from 1834 through 1865, during which time African-American churches were outlawed.

In 1865, the church was formally recognized and it took the name "Emanuel."
Roughly a century later it was also a flashpoint for controversy.

Civil rights activist Coretta Scott King led an estimated crowd of 1,500 demonstrators to the church in an April 1969 protest, according to "Civil Rights in South Carolina: From Peaceful Protests to Groundbreaking Rulings." The demonstrators faced national guardsmen with fixed bayonets.

King was not arrested, the book states, but the church's pastor was, along with 900 others.


Charleston Shooting at Church That's Steeped in History - ABC News

 

[TUJITEGEMEE]

Wakati wa Mauaji ya wanavikatuuni huko Ufaransa, mainstream media zijaa # I am Charlie au # Je suis Charlie. Kwa nini sasa hivi sioni 'hashi taga' za namna hiyo baada ya mauaji haya? Mbona mauaji haya hayalaani vya kutosha na vyombo vya habari vya magharibi? Nilitegemea kuona # I am Emanuel AME church member nyingi kwenye main stream media lakini wapi hakuna.

 

[TUJITEGEMEE]

RT: A black shooter is a thug, a Muslim is a terrorist and a white attacker is perhaps mentally ill according to some media reports. Does that sound about right?
Solomon Comissiong: No, it doesn't sound right but in the US it sounds right to most Americans because they are used to this kind of systematic programming that often times goes completely off the radar so they start to follow the narratives and it becomes commonplace, but it's not right. It's outrageous; it's racist to its core. You are right with your leading question because if it was a brown skin Muslim, we can imagine that immediately the media would have labeled him a terrorist. So why is this man, Dylann Roof, not labeled as a terrorist?
We can understand the same way back in 1995 when the Oklahoma City bombing


White terrorism? US avoids race debate in latest shooting massacre ? RT Op-Edge
Nyani Ngabu, sema chochote kuhusu tukio hili.

 

[TUJITEGEMEE]

[h=1]​Dylann Roof 'manifesto': Massacre suspect explains why he 'chose' Charleston[/h]Published time: June 20, 2015 16:52
Edited time: June 20, 2015 17:57Get short URL

yyy




Roof explained that he chose Charleston as the place for his murderous act as "it is most historic city in my state" and that it has "the highest ratio of blacks to Whites in the country."
READ MORE: Charleston church shooting suspect charged with 9 counts of murder, firearm possession
Someone "has to have the bravery" to take the city "to the real world and I guess that has to be me," writes the shooter.

http://rt.com/usa/268612-roof-racist-manifesto-shooting/