A Decade After Mass Shooting, South Carolina Is Still without Hate Crime Law

Why does South Carolina hate hate crime laws so much?

10 years after Emanuel AME tragedy, South Carolina rejects hate crime laws. Read about the persistent failure to enact protections against bias-motivated crimes.

A decade after mass shooting, South Carolina is still without hate crime law

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) - Ten years ago, nine people died in a mass shooting and hate crime at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Still, South Carolina is one of two states that does not have a hate crime law. "We as citizens are the ones that need to speak up about how we believe that we shouldn't be one of two states that don't have this kind of law. We understand the other states that have it. It has been helpful," said Senator Tameika Is…

Families call for remembrance, renewed action a decade after Mother Emanuel shooting

The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church is seen after a mass shooting that killed nine people, on June 22, 2015, in one of the nation's oldest Black churches. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)It has been a decade since nine parishioners of South Carolina’s oldest Black church were gunned down by a self-avowed white supremacist who came to the church in an attempt to start a race war. The Emanuel Nine Sharonda Coleman-Singleton Cynthia…

A decade after mass shooting, South Carolina still without hate crime law

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) - Ten years ago, nine people died in a mass shooting and hate crime at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Still, South Carolina is one of two states that does not have a hate crime law. "We as citizens are the ones that need to speak up about how we believe that we shouldn't be one of two states that don't have this kind of law. We understand the other states that have it. It has been helpful," said Senator Tameika Is…

Organizations push for key gun safety bill 10 years after Emanuel AME shooting

In the 10 years since the tragic shooting that took nine lives at Mother Emanuel AME Church, organizations across the state have been working to close the Charl

Remembering the Emanuel Nine: 10 years later

Charleston marks 10 years since the Emanuel AME Church shooting, remembering the Emanuel Nine with tributes, vigils, and ongoing calls for hate crime legislation.