Deferred gratification. So we have an obligation, a legacy to uphold. People who died so that we could have the right to vote. The people who sacrificed so that we could one day realize the dream of a black president , a black elected officials after segregation. We have an opportunity. I think it does our it does the memories a disservice if we do not vote. We dont have that we dont have that choice. We dont have that privilege to say our vote doesnt count because history tells us differently. Im sorry, but if god gave you a voice like that, god meant for you to be in charge of something. And i was. Pbs tonight released that footage of that interview they did with the reverend Clementa Pinckney for the series, the africanamericans. He was only 41 last night while murdered in his church leading a prayer service. He did everything in life very young. He had just graduated from college. He was only 23 years old when he became youngest person ever elected to the South Carolina state legis
20yearold roof walked into the bible study, sat among the members for nearly an hour and then transformed the place of worship into a nightmare. He asked for the pastor wheres the pastor . They showed him where the pastor was. He sat next to my cousin, reverend reverend Clementa Pinckney throughout the entire bible study. She said he reloaded five different times. Her son was trying to talk him out of doing the act of killing people. And he just said i have to do it. He said you rape our children and youre taking over our country and you have to go. A man identifying himself as roofs uncle told a producer late today that the alleged shooter has made their life a living hell. He said we didnt see this coming, we had no clue. Andly say this i hope he gets whats coming to him. They got his ass now. Not only has he destroyed nine peoples lives and his own, hoose dree steroid his whole family. I hope he gets whats coming to him. We woke up today and so we have some grieving to do. And weve
Legislation. I remarked that it was very unlikely that this congress would act. And some reporters i think took this as resignation. I want to be clear. Im not resigned. I have faith we will eventually do the right thing. Every country has violent, hateful or mentally unstable people. Whats different is not every country is awash with easily accessible guns. And so i refuse to act as if this is the new normal. Or to pretend that its simply sufficient to grieve and that any mention of us doing something to stop it is somehow politicizing the problem. Well that was dead right. Anyway, this evening the people of charleston have come together for a vigil honoring the nine victims of wednesday nights massacre at the emanuel african methodist episcopal church. It comes on the same day the shooter was in court for the first time. Dylann roof appeared for a bond hearing. In that hearing we heard very emotional statements from several of the victims families. To you, i forgive you. You took som
Nearly 140 years ago, a massive earthquake struck Charleston. It left enduring weak spots across the region which could be reactivated by a smaller earthquake.
The library on Folly Beach was built in the 1960s and was due for some much-needed upgrades. This is one of 18 branches that the county is working on renovating and updating.