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Charleston Resident Marks Anniversary of Emanuel AME Shooting by webdesk@voanews.com (Cindy Saine)
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| Charleston Resident Marks Anniversary of Emanuel AME Shooting by webdesk@voanews.com (Cindy Saine) |
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| Article Posted: 06/17/2016 |
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Charleston Resident Marks Anniversary of Emanuel AME Shooting |
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WHITE HOUSE— Charleston writer Toby Smith tells VOA that marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church is “a little tougher than I thought it would be.”
Smith has attended the church many times and has friends who are members there. She even has one close friend who intended to go to the Bible study there on June 17, 2015, but decided not to at the last minute because she was tired.
At that Bible study, the 12 African-American members present warmly welcomed a young white guest, Dylann Roof, who joined them for an hour and then opened fire on them during prayer, killing nine of the 12. Roof is a self-proclaimed white supremacist who says he killed the "Mother Emanuel" members because of their skin color.
 Charleston writer Toby Smith says she still ponders how Dylann Roof could have shot the worshippers at Emanuel A.M.E. Church after having just spent an hour talking and praying with them. The victims' families, she says, "have to walk this thing for the rest of their lives."
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