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Dedra Marigault, left, and Maria Bornhorst console each other after Bornhorst became emotional visiting the sidewalk memorial at the ‘Mother’ Emanuel A.M.E. Church on Saturday, June 20, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
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Victims of the mass shooting at Charleston’s Mother Emanuel AME Church
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A scene from a candlelight vigil outside Emanuel AME Church the day after the June 17, 2015, shootings.
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Mourners gather at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston the day after the shooting, bringing notes, candles, flowers and stuffed animals with them.
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Aaron Eller and his sons, Leim and Graham, pray June 18, 2015, in front of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston where a gunman killed nine people the day before.
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People came by the thousands to Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in the days after the shootings to pay their respects.
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A group of clergy gathers outside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston the day after the shootings to pay their respects.
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A group of clergy gathers outside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston the day after the shootings to pay their respects.
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Dylann Roof, caught on video camera reaching for the door handle at Emanuel AME Church on June 17, 2015.
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Dylann Roof being taken to the airport in Shelby, N.C., to be flown back to South Carolina. Roof was captured in Shelby the day after the shootings after a motorist recognized him from television broadcasts.
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Two days after the shootings, Dylann Roof participated in his arraignment before a federal magistrate via video in Charleston. Family members addressed him directly, telling him they forgave him.
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An excerpt from a “target letter” received by Dylann Roof friend Joey Meek, telling him he was being investigated for his possible role in the crimes.
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The mobile home in Red Bank, Lexington County, where Joey Meek lived with his brothers, girlfriend and mother and where accused Emanuel AME gunman Dylann Roof stayed in the weeks before the shootings.
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Joey Meek
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Marching bands from Clemson and the University of South Carolina form the words “SC STRONG” on the field during halftime of the schools’ annual rivalry game in November 2015. Josh Kendall
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A vigil was held at Morris Brown AME Church in Charleston the day after nine people were killed by a gunman at Emanuel AME Church. Gov. Nikki Haley and then-Charleston Mayor Joe Riley are on the front row.
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U.S. Congressman James Clyburn spoke at the prayer vigil that was held at Morris Brown AME Church the day after nine people were killed by a gunman in Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.
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A prayer vigil was held at Morris Brown AME Church in Charleston the day after nine people were killed by a gunman at Emanuel AME Church.
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S.C. Sen. and Emanuel AME pastor Clementa Pinckney, pictured in 2012
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The family of S.C. Sen. Clementa Pinckney is comforted by mourners during his viewing inside the rotunda of the state capitol building on June 24, 2015.
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The body of Clementa Pinckney, the South Carolina state senator and pastor of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, lies in state inside the rotunda of the capitol building June 24, 2015.
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Former South Carolina Governors David Beasley and Jim Hodges pause to view the body of state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, the South Carolina state senator and pastor at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, as he lies in state inside the rotunda of the capitol building June 24, 2015.
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The body of Clementa Pinckney, the South Carolina state senator and pastor of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, lies in state inside the rotunda of the capitol building June 24, 2015.
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President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy June 26, 2015, for slain pastor and South Carolina state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, who was one of nine people shot to death inside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on June 17.
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Mourners pay their respects at the funeral service for Sen. Clementa Pinckney on June 26, 2015, at the TD Arena in Charleston. President Barack Obama delivered the eulogy.
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President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy June 26, 2015, for slain pastor and South Carolina state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, who was one of nine people shot to death inside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on June 17.
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President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy June 26, 2015, for slain pastor and South Carolina state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, who was one of nine people shot to death inside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on June 17.
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With family members of Emanuel victims, former governors and state religious and political leaders looking on, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on July 9, 2015, signed the bill that allowed for the Confederate Battle Flag to be removed from the State House grounds.
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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley hugs U.S. Senator Tim Scott after she called for legislators to vote to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the State House during a press conference on June 22, 2015.
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The South Carolina Highway Patrol Honor Guard removed the Confederate Battle Flag from the State House grounds during a ceremony on July 10, 2015.
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A large crowd gathered to watch the South Carolina Highway Patrol Honor Guard remove the Confederate Battle Flag from the State House grounds during a ceremony on July 10, 2015.
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Bradford Tshefu, left, Ann St. John and the Rev. Bernetha Moultry bow their heads during a day of remembrance on the S.C. State House grounds on May 25, 2016.
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Children from Benedict College Child Development Center prepare to hand roses to family members of those killed at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston during a special event at Benedict’s Antisdel Chapel on Feb. 2, 2016.
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Clementa Pinckney’s wife Jennifer and daughters Eliana and Malana stand next to his portrait after unveiling it during a ceremony inside the Senate chambers of the State House on May 25, 2016.
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Legislators, family and friends gathered to honor the late state Sen. Clementa Pinckney with an unveiling of his portrait inside the Senate chambers of the State House on May 25, 2016. His widow, Jennifer Pinckney, is in the center.
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Clementa Pinckney’s wife Jennifer and daughters Eliana and Malana take pictures in front of his portrait after it was unveiled inside the Senate chambers of the State House on May 25, 2016.
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From left, Mary Smith, Eva Dilligard, Denise Quarles and Rev. Anthony Thompson, all family members of those killed at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, take part in the "No Greater Faith: The Legacy of Mother Emanuel AME Church" event at the school's Antisdel Chapel, Tuesday, February 2, 2016. Benedict College hosted the gathering as part of the school's Black History Month observations.
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On June 24, 2015, Governor Nikki Haley and dignitaries watch as a horse-drawn caisson brings the casket of Sen. Clementa Pinkney to the South Carolina State House.
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President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy Friday June 26, 2015 for slain pastor and South Carolina state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, who was one of nine people shot to death inside Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on June 17. Dylann Roof, 21,who is white, has been charged with murder in an attack authorities say was racially motivated.
Paul Zoeller
The Post and Courier
Linda Dayson holds a sign as members of the public and church members enter the "Mother" Emanuel A.M.E. Church for Sunday service four days after the mass shooting that claimed the lives of its pastor and eight others on Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
Curtis Compton
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Gillettie Bennett, a local school teacher, is the first in line at sunrise at the "Mother" Emanuel A.M.E. Church waiting for it to open four days after the mass shooting that claimed the lives of its pastor and eight others on Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. Bennett said she was attending the service because it represented the resilience of the Charleston people.
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Michael Callegan, left, and Quincy William, right, join more than a thousand people in prayer at Marion Square during a simultaneous Sunday worship service with the nearby “Mother” Emanuel A.M.E. Church four days after the mass shooting that claimed the lives of its pastor and eight others on Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
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Local resident Raymond Smith prays at the sidewalk memorial after performing a smudging ceremony with incense to honor those who are gone at sunrise at the “Mother” Emanuel A.M.E. Church on Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
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Wesley and Melissa Danner kneel for prayer with their children Michaela, 10, Jackson, 7, and Marylynn, 6, along with their friend Angela Dreggars, far right, at the “Mother” Emanuel A.M.E. Church on Saturday, June 20, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
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Churches of Arlington hold a prayer vigil for Mother Emanuel AME Church of Charleston, S.C., on Monday, June 22, 2015, at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.
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A prayer vigil is held at Morris Brown AME Church on June 18, 2015 for the nine people who were killed by a gunman in Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.
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A vigil is held at Morris Brown AME Church on June 18, 2015 for the nine people who were killed by a gunman in Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.
Tim Dominick
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A prayer vigil is held at Morris Brown AME Church for the nine people who were killed by a gunman in Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.
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Angela Hines, left, comforts Auburn Sandstrom as she is overcome by grief while visiting the memorial in front of the “Mother” Emanuel A.M.E. Church on Saturday, June 20, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
Curtis Compton
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More than a thousand people join in prayer at Marion Square during a simultaneous Sunday worship service with the nearby Mother Emanuel AME Church four days after the mass shooting that claimed the lives of its pastor and eight others on Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Charleston.
Curtis Compton
TNS
A pair of angel wings are placed on the memorial at the “Mother” Emanuel A.M.E. Church on Saturday, June 20, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.
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