Hundreds attend 1st funeral for church shooting victims

By Jonathan Drew Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Police officers stood guard and checked bags as hundreds of people filed into a church Thursday for the first funeral for victims of the massacre at a historic black church. The increased security comes amid a heated debate over the Confederate flag and other symbols of the Confederacy around the South and elsewhere. A monument to former Confederate …
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Hundreds attend 1st funeral for church shooting victims