(미국) 총기사고 당한 교회 목회활동 재개

출처: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33214205

1 hour ago: June 21, 2015

Charleston shootings: Emanuel AME church to reopen 찰스톤 총기사고: 엠마누엘 AME 교회 목회활동 재개

Some church members returned to the scene for the first time on Saturday 일부 신도들이 토요일 사고 이후 처음으로 사고가 났던 교회로 돌아왔다 

The African-American church in which nine parishioners were shot dead in South Carolina is to reopen for services on Sunday. 남 카롤리나의 신도 9명이 희생을 총으로 쏴죽인 사고가 발생한 흑인교회가 (오늘) 주일을 맞아 목회활동을 재개할 예정이다 

Members of Emanuel AME church met again on Saturday in the room where their friends died on Wednesday. 이교회의 신도들은 동료 신도들이 지난 수요일 죽은 방에 토요일 다시 모였다.

Many more people are expected to attend the service at 09:00 (13:00 GMT). 더욱 많은 신도들이 오전 9시에 있을 예배에 참석할 것으로 보인다.

Meanwhile, police are investigating an online post, possibly by the gunman, that appears to outline his motivation for the attack.

One of those who attended Saturday's meeting, Harold Washington, said the church's doors would be open to all on Sunday.

"We're gonna have people come by that we've never seen before and will probably never see again, and that's OK," he said.

"It's a church of the Lord - you don't turn nobody down."

Survivors say Dylann Roof spent close to an hour attending a church service on Wednesday before opening fire.

On Saturday, hundreds of people marched in Columbia to demand the removal of the Confederate flag

Legislation could be introduced to remove the Confederate flag later this week

"There was an overwhelming feeling that made me drive here," said Monte Talmadge, a 62-year-old army veteran who drove nearly 300 miles (480km) to get to Charleston.

A rally was also held in the city by the Black Lives Matter movement, which began after the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman over the killing of an unarmed African-American teenager, Trayvon Martin.

'Take it down' '연방기를 내려라'

In South Carolina's state capital, Columbia, protests took place to demand the removal of the Confederate flag from the capitol building. 노스 캐로라이나 주도 코룸비아에서 주청사 건물에 걸린 연방기를 내리라며 시위가 발생했다.

The flag was a symbol used by southern states in the civil war, when they tried to break away to prevent the abolition of slavery. 이 연방기는 노예제의 폐지에 반대하여 독립하겠다고 주장했던 남부지역 주들이 남북전쟁 때 사용했던 상징이었다.

It is viewed by many as a sign of the white supremacy advocated by those states at the time. 그 당시 이 지역 주들이 이 연방기를 백인우월주의의 상징으로 많은 이들은 보고 있다.

The protest followed US President Barack Obama's remark that the flag belonged "in a museum".

Protesters chanted "Take it down" and sang We Shall Overcome, an anthem of the black civil rights movement.

On Friday, South Carolina's Republican state representative Doug Brannon told MSNBC that he planned to introduce legislation to remove the flag.

The Confederate flag featured prominently in a number of the images

On Saturday, images emerged on a website showing Dylann Roof posing with the Confederate flag. In others, he is seen burning the US flag and visiting a former slave plantation.

In one image, he is shown staring down the camera while sitting on a chair in camouflage trousers holding a gun.

It is unclear who posted the images on the site, which was found on Saturday.

The website - since taken down - also carried a 2,000-word racist manifesto, the origins of which are also unknown.

A series of images appear to show Dylann Roof burning the US flag and posing with guns

The author says Charleston was chosen for the attack because of its history of slavery and its large black population.

Internet records suggest the website's domain was registered in February but it is unclear who was behind it.

A law enforcement official, quoted by AP, said the FBI was looking into the website.

Data from the images show many of them were taken in April and May this year.

The victims

Left to right top: Cynthia Hurd, Clementa Pinckney, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Tywanza Sanders. Left to right bottom: Ethel Lance, Depayne Middleton-Doctor, Susie Jackson, Daniel Simmons Sr

• Cynthia Hurd, 54
• Rev Clementa Pinckney, 41
• Rev Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45
• Tywanza Sanders, 26
• Ethel Lance, 70
• Rev Depayne Middleton-Doctor, 49
• Susie Jackson, 87
• Rev Daniel Simmons Sr, 74
• Myra Thompson, 59

The victims of the Charleston shooting

** 밝은 하늘 *

1. 미국사회의 어두운 면을 또 한 번 본 셈이다. 교회에서 예배보는 사람들에게 총을 쏴서 죽인 사건이다.

2. 사우스 캐로나이나 주청사 건물에 걸린 연방기(confederate flag)가 백인우월주의(the white supremacy), 인종차별주의(racism)의 상징이란 얘기는 오늘 처음 알게 되었다. 이 연방기는 남북전쟁 때 노예제폐지를 반대한 남부지역 주들이 사용하던 것인데, 아직까지 사용해오고 있었단 얘기다.

3. 알고 보면, 미국도 골때린 나라다. 그런데 남의 나라에 대해 감 놔라, 배 놔라 할 수 있는가?

4. 이번 같은 총기사고를 확실히 없애는 유일한 방법은 총기판매를 제한하는 수 밖에 없다. 그러나 총기업자들이 그걸 과연 순순히 받아들이겠는가? 호주도 과거에 총기사고가 많아 정부에서 강제적으로 총기규제정책을 시행한 끝에 지금은 총기사고가 없어졌다고, 내 친구는 말한다.