Story Round-Up: Charleston Shooting (6/22/15)

Credit: Megan Metcalfe

SHOOTING AT EMANUEL AME CHURCH

• In an hour, a church changes forever (Post & Courier).
• Charleston victim to gunman: “Why are you doing this?” (CBS News).
• How small-town police foiled the accused Charleston killer’s getaway (Yahoo).

THE VICTIMS

• Services set for the Rev. Clementa Pinckney (Post & Courier).
  • Official: President Obama to deliver eulogy at Pinckney’s funeral Friday (Post & Courier).
  • Clementa Pinckney, a Martyr of Reconciliation (The Atlantic).
  • Remembering Rev. Clementa Pinckney (WCBD).
• Video: Honoring the lives lost in the Charleston shooting (CNN).
• Video: Sharonda Singleton remembered by her daughter and friend (CNN).
• Video: Brother shares memories of librarian killed in Charleston (CNN).
• Video: Family remembers matriarch killed in Charleston shooting (CNN).
• Victims’ attorney criticizes magistrate, praises church shooting survivor (ABC News 4).
• Depayne Middleton Memorial Fund (YouCaring).

THE CITY

• Viewpoint: The bullets that tore through our community changed it forever (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Q&A: Joe Riley says church shooting suspect didn’t learn to hate in Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Video: Anderson Cooper walks through Charleston with Mayor Riley (CNN).
• Denmark Vesey and a battle over history in Charleston (Yahoo).
• Mother Emanuel shooting was a loss for the Gullah/Geechee (Charleston City Paper).
• Video: Charleston mayor talks ‘heartbreak’ in his city (CNN).
• Being black in Charleston (CNN).

THE RECOVERY

• Photos/Videos: Charleston Prayer Vigil & Impromptu Gathering at the Emanuel AME Church (HCS).
  • Dwight Howard traveled to Charleston to attend vigil for shooting victims (USA Today).
• Services held at Emanuel AME, Marion Square (ABC News 4).
  • Minister: “No evildoer, no demon” can close church targeted by shooter (CNN).
  • Photos/Video: Sunday’s Prayer and Worship Gathering (HCS).
• Thousands join hands across Cooper River Bridge after Emanuel AME shootings (Charleston City Paper).
  • Organizers says 20,000 joined Bridge to Peace march on Ravenel Bridge (ABC News 4).
  • Watch 843 Productions’ Aerial Video (Facebook).
  • Bridge to Peace event as seen through social media (ABC News 4).
  • PHOTOS: Bridge to Peace (Y102.5).
  • Thousands gather on Arthur Ravenel Bridge in solidarity (Crowd Album).
• Bride leaves bouquets at church shooting memorial (Live 5 News).
• If that “church” does try to picket the victims’ funerals, a Wall of Love will be setup to block them (Facebook).
• The Most Moving Images From The Charleston Church Shooting Aftermath (BuzzFeed).
• Emanuel AME – this morning (Charleston Daily Photo Blog).

THE CHARITY

• Mother Emanuel Hope Fund for victims’ families grows (ABC News 4).
• Boeing announces $100K donation to church hope fund (Live 5 News).
• Panthers owner Jerry Richardson donates $100K for Charleston tragedy (ESPN).
• Starbucks donates $100,000 in wake of church shooting (Post & Courier).

THE NATION

• The New Yorker dedicates next week’s cover to the victims (Twitter).
  • Terrorism in Charleston (The New Yorker).
  • Charleston and the Age of Obama
  • History Returns to Charleston
  • A Night of Hate in Charleston
  • Murders in Charleston
• This Is My City on the News (Vanity Fair).
• Lattimore, Boyd react to Emanuel AME shootings, Lowcountry’s response (ABC News 4).
• Hawaii church takes part in nationwide ceremony for Charleston shooting victims (Live 5 News).
• Starbucks Howard Schultz Visits Partners in Charleston; Pledges Support for Victims’ Families (Starbucks).

THE SUSPECT

• Friend of Suspect says he planned attack on College of Charleston (Fox News).
• Video: Gunman’s friend: Shooting could have been prevented (CNN).
• Church shooting suspect linked to hate-filled website (ABC News 4).
• Suspect visited Greenville Confederate museum (Greenville Online).

THE OPINIONS

• Bill Maher Says Denying Racism In Charleston Shooting Is Racism (Huffington Post).
• Charleston unlikely to be tipping point in debate over guns, mass killings (Post & Courier).
• ​Smiling Faces, Terrible Racists: The Dangerous Culture of White Possession in the Carolinas (Vice).

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