A Crime of Hate, a City in Mourning, and a Flag That Still Flies
Jamil Smith, senior editor at The New Republic, discusses the mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, which left nine people dead and a 21-year-old white male in police custody facing hate crime charges.
Then, Robert Chase, a professor of history at Stony Brook University and a former public historian for the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston, continues the discussion by explaining the historical significance of the church - and the Confederate flag - for the black community in Charleston and throughout the South.
"The def. of terrorism continues to be misconstrued. We in NY know what it looks like. We black folks know what it looks like." @JamilSmith
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 19, 2015
"There’s a lot of symbolism in the fact that they’re literally unable to take it down." @JamilSmith on the confederate flag flying in SC.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 19, 2015
"The Confederate flag is nothing less than the American swastika," says @JamilSmith. pic.twitter.com/UKndK4BCfc
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 19, 2015
Anyone know of NYC-based memorials for the #CharlestonShooting? Reply with details if you do. https://t.co/5GosXsHGUM
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 19, 2015
Here's the @nytimes op-ed piece Brian just mentioned on the air, about homegrown right-wing terror threats: http://t.co/nq3Ie3octr
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 19, 2015
.@stonybrooku's Robert Chase points to history - the June 17th #CharlestonShooting occurred on the same day as a thwarted 1822 slave revolt.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 19, 2015
