DNC Statement on Mother Emanuel AME Church Shooting Anniversary
June 17, 2024
June 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release:
On this day nine years ago, nine people, all of whom were Black, were brutally murdered while they were praying and attending a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. To recognize the lives lost, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, a native South Carolinian, issued the following statement:
"Nine years ago, members of the historic Moth . . .
On this day nine years ago, nine people, all of whom were Black, were brutally murdered while they were praying and attending a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. To recognize the lives lost, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, a native South Carolinian, issued the following statement:
"Nine years ago, members of the historic Moth . . .