On June 17, the ABC-affiliated television station for the Lowcountry area of South Carolina reported that nine people were shot to death during a prayer meeting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC [110 Calhoun Street]. The shooting happened about 9 pm and eight people died inside the church. Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the church’s pastor, was among those shot. The shooter is described as a 21 years old white male with a slender build. How some mainstream media outlets have covered the Charleston shooting, has opened up the door for conversation on how criminals of different races are painted in general.

“This is a tragedy that no community should have to experience,” Chief Greg Mullen said. “It’s senseless and unfathomable that someone would go into a church where people were having a prayer meeting and take their lives.”

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina is the oldest AME Church in the South and has one of the oldest black congregations in the South.

Read what some in the Christian hip-hop community had to say about the Charleston shooting below. 

https://twitter.com/thederekminor/status/611367691874631680

https://twitter.com/IAmSherrodWhite/status/611399286027354112

https://twitter.com/prophiphop/status/611389069084372994

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https://twitter.com/kareemmanuel/status/611399093642878976

https://twitter.com/ButtaP/status/611434251242704897

https://twitter.com/prophiphop/status/611566368190693376

https://twitter.com/1Gemstones/status/611552305901518848

https://twitter.com/SPZRKT/status/611546874982481920

The fallen world we live in is crazy. It’s important that believers aren’t stagnant when tragedies occur. Join us in praying for the victims and families affected by the church shooting.

Featured image via ABC News 4

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