tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post6387114995402789603..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Breaking News: Shooting at South Carolina Historic Church - Multiple VictimsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-37212219916780263402015-06-18T19:39:52.437+02:002015-06-18T19:39:52.437+02:00Clementa Pinckney was a strong leader. This was n...Clementa Pinckney was a strong leader. This was no random crime.<br /><br />I was listening to NPR's <i>Here and Now</i> with Robin Young. This young state senator was a friend of the president. The radio program played a speech by Pinckney on the floor of the South Carolina Senate in which he compared the disbelief shared by his fellow Carolinians over the shocking gunning down of Walter Scott by a police officer with the story of Doubting Thomas in the bible.<br /><br />He was no bit player in the struggle for civil rights.<br /><br />The history of the church itself is extremely powerful.Flying Juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098313953658606206noreply@blogger.com