Today, (Senator) Reverend Clementa Pickney–one of the nine members of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston that were murdered at the hands of domestic terrorist, Dylann Roof–will be laid to rest. President Obama is set to give the eulogy at today’s funeral service.
After more than a week since Dylan Roof opened fire on members of Emanuel AME Church, who were attending bible study, a family will finally get a bit of closure on the situation. Today’s funeral will definitely be controversial in a sense as President Obama is set to give the eulogy at the ceremony and will remain at the center of race debates that are taking place in the country.
Although the President says the focus of the eulogy will be to celebrate and remember the lives of the fallen nine, some of his words will undeniably be the center of conversations as his stance on racial issues in the country. It is definitely unfortunate that we still have to have conversations like this today; however, I am glad that Obama will give today’s eulogy and force people to talk about the issue.
Also, I expect the President’s message to be different than what we’ve seen on previous occasions because he actually knew the senator. The President and senator Pickney met back in 2008 and he even had a meeting with the Vice President just last year. So, this eulogy will probably be one of the more personal ones we’ve seen from the president.
The service is set to begin at 2PM and will be broadcasted on various news stations.
Source: CNN
