Emanuel AME Church is the oldest African Methodist Episcopal church in the American South. Often referred to as “Mother Emanuel,” it has one of the largest and oldest black congregations south of Baltimore, Maryland. The congregation dates back to the early nineteenth century. The present building, however, was completed in 1891.
(Photo by Spencer Means, Wikimedia CC)
I’m told that the depraved racist who killed nine people at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church actually spared one person for the explicit reason that he wanted him or her to spread the word about the great thing that he had done.
In that light, I’m especially pleased that Megyn Kelly, on Fox News, refused — apparently, it’s a matter of long-standing policy with her — to mention his name.
I’m not sure that such a policy is actually sustainable, given that his identity is news, but I sympathize with the gesture, and I appreciate it.
Instead, it’s the victims who should be getting coverage.
I’m not a reporter; I’m not in the news business. So I’m doing my part. Here’s an article about the victims (which, I’m pleased to say, also doesn’t mention the name of the punk bigot who killed them):
Incidentally, if you feel inclined to make a donation, however small, to help the families of the victims with funeral expenses and the like, see here:
http://www.wdsu.com/national/how-to-support-mother-emanuel-ame/33657898
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