DISTRICT
DISTRICT GO TO SC 4@VOTES.ORG. IT HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE THE SHOOTING THAT4@ MOTHER EMANUEL
CHARLESTON AND WE HEARD THE
DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE
AND WE WATCHED THE4@ TRIAL.
BUT THERE'S MORE TAKING PLACE
BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE WAKE OF
THE SHOOTING AND THE REMOVAL OF
THE4@ CONFEDERATE FLAG.
JACOB REYNOLDS HAS THAT STORY
AND H4@OW THAT FEEDS INTO THE
CURRENT SOCIAL UNREST4@ FROM
SOMEONE WHO WAS THERE.
>> T4@HE GOVERNOR CHIEF-OF-STAF
AT THE TIME.4@
JAMES BURNS TEXTED A GROUP OF
US.4@
AROUND4@ 9:30, INCLUDING THE
GOVERNOR THAT THERE HAD BEEN A
SHOOTING AT A CHURCH T4@HAT
APPEARED TO BE4@ THE HISTORIC
MOTHER EMANUEL CHURCH IN
CHARLESTON.
>> GOV4@ERNO4@R NIKKI HALEY FOR
SPOKESMAN REFLECT ODD WHAT4@
HAPPENED AFTER THE MURDER OF
NINE PEOPLE AT MOTHER EMANUEL.
HE REMEMBERED THEIR TIME ON THE
GROUND4@ IN4@ CHARLESTON AND TH
TOLL IT TOOK.4@
>> WE4@ WOKE UP TODAY AND THE
HEART AND4@ SOUL OF SOUTH CAROLA
WAS BR4@OKEN.4@
WE'VE GOT SOME PAIN WE HAVE4@ T
GO THROUGH.
THEIR PARENTS4@ HAVING TO EXPLA
HOW THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO
DEAL WITH.
>> WHAT I WAS4@ FOCUSED ON IS
DOING EVERYTHING I COULD TO WORK
WITH OUR TEAM TO KEEP4@ THE STA
TOGETHER AND UNIFIED AND TO KEEP
THE STATE4@ FOCUSED ON THE NINE
INNOCENT SOULS THAT WERE TAKEN
FROM US.
>> BY THIS SUNDAY OFF THE
SHOOTING GOD FREED SAID THEY GOT
A CALL THAT THE GOVERNOR WANTED
TO ACT.
>> THAT4@ WEEKEND SHE WENT ABOU
PLANNING WITH4@ OFFICIALS ACROS
THE STATE THE FOLLOWING MONDAY
MORNING TO TELL THEM THAT SHE
BELIEVED IT WAS4@ TIME F4@OR TH
IN A TO COME DOWN.
SHE ASKED THEM TO STAND WITH HER
AT4@ A NEWS CONFERENCE ON MONDA
AFTERNOON.
>> TODAY4@ WE'RE HERE IN A MOME
OF UNITY WITHOUT ILL WILL TO
SAYING IT IS TIME TO MOVE THE
FLAG4@ FROM THE CAPITAL GROUNDS.
>> FIVE YEARS4@ LATER GOD FREED
SAID EVEN THOUGH, GEORGE FLOYD
DID NOT DIE HERE4@ IT IS A TIME
>> FIVE YEARS4@ LATER GOD FREED SAID EVEN THOUGH, GEORGE FLOYD DID NOT DIE HERE4@ IT IS A TIMEO
CONSIDER CHANGE.4@
>> WHAT'S THE SAME THAT'S
HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS AND
SOUTH CAROLINA4@ YEARS AGO IS TS
GIVEN PEOPLE CLARITY THAT WE
NEED4@ TO ADDRESS FUNDAMENTAL
ISSUES IN THIS4@ COUNTRY.
THINGS LIKE RACISM AND POLICE4@
REFORM AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM.4
THINGS LIKE RACISM AND POLICE4@ REFORM AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
REFORM.
REFORM REFORM. >> HE SAID HE WOULD4@ NOT HAVE
PROBLEM WITH4@ STATUES BEING
REMOVED BUT HE WOULD NOT LET IT
DISTRACT AS HE LOOKS BACK ON
FIVE YEARS.
>> I THINK THE LEGACY OF WHAT
HAPPENED CHARLESTON FIVE YEARS
AGO SHOULD ALWAYS BE TOP PEOPLE
WHO4@ WERE TAKEN FROM US THAT D.
MY FAVORITE QUOTE FROM4@ ONE OF
THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IS FROM
CYNTHIA HERD THAT SAID BE KINDER
THAN NECESSARY AND I4@ CAN'T THK
OF AWAY TO4@4@ HONOR 4@THEM.
>> WLTX.
>> GOD FREED SAID PEOPLE SHOULD
APPROACH IT LIKE