Families of Charleston church massacre victims reach an $88M settlement with the Justice Department
(CNN)The families of nine people fatally shot in 2015 at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, have reached an $88 million settlement with the Justice Department in their lawsuit over the shooter's weapon purchase, according to agency officials and a news release Thursday.
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Pinckney's daughter Eliana said the settlement has profound meaning.
"For the first time, I think, in so long ... as a young African American woman to see the government acknowledge the fact that racism still exists and how prevalent it is in our community and then actively try to combat it in every way that they can and to acknowledge that gun violence is an issue and to do everything they can to correct a mistake ... is so important," she said.
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Bakari Sellers, one of the attorneys for the victims, said the settlement is a "big 'F you' to White supremacists of this country."
He said the settlement of $88 million -- $25 million split among survivors and $63 million split among the families for those killed -- is symbolic because the number 88 is a symbol of hate and was written on Roof's shoes while he carried out the shooting.
More;https://us.cnn.com/2021/10/28/us/charleston-church-shooting-settlement/index.html
Years in the waiting, finally justice is served and restitution made under AG Garland.
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And welcome news. 
