Thursday, June 18, 2015

Obama: church shooting raises questions about America's 'dark history'

No other developed country has as much of a problem with gun violence as the United States.

That was the message from President Barack Obama,  reacting to the gunning down of nine African-Americans inside a church in Charleston, South Carolina.

The suspect is now in police custody, apprehended for what police are calling a 'hate crime'.

Nina-Maria Potts reports:

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Meanwhile, residents in New York's historically black neighbourhood of Harlem say they're worried the attack means a return to the 'bad old days' of civil rights-era violence:

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