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The S.C. state Senator and pastor killed when a gunman shot up his Charleston church was an advocate for safe churches. In the state legislator in 2013, Sen. Clementa Pinckney supported a bill that would expand penalties for church vandalism. WLTX
Sen. Clementa Pinckney speaks at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. Pinckney was killed Wednesday in a shooting at an historic black church in Charleston, S.C., where he was pastor.(Photo: Grace Beahm, AP)
The South Carolina pastor killed in a gunman's rampage at a Charleston church had cosponsored legislation as a state senator aimed at making churches safer.
Sen. Clementa Pinckney, pastor of the Emanuel AME Church, was among nine people killed Wednesday at the predominately black church by a white gunman. A suspect was captured Thursday in North Carolina.
"Places of worship are not only sacred places, they are community places," Pinckney said in support of a church vandalism bill in 2013. "Just like our government buildings and our schools, they are centerpieces of our communities. We want to make sure we protect those centerpieces.... We want people to feel safe."
The bill would have made it a felony in South Carolina to "willfully, unlawfully, and maliciously vandalize, deface, damage, or destroy or attempt to vandalize, deface, damage, or destroy any place, structure, or building of worship."
Most of the bill was absorbed into other legislation and later became law, cosponsor Darrell Jackson, a state senator and also a pastor, told USA TODAY.
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Pinckney, 41, was a college student and legislative page when Jackson first met him in 1992, Jackson said.
"He was an incredible young man," said Jackson, pastor of the Bible Way Church of Atlas Road in Columbia. "My hope is that his lasting legacy will be to bring a new atmosphere to politics in the state."
Jackson said he believes that is possible, and that he already is seeing some signs of it as lawmakers collectively grieve.
"I think people are realizing that our political differences aren't as great as what we have in common as human beings," he said. "My prayer is that the atmosphere changes, not just here but throughout the South."
Jackson said he was glad that the suspect, Dylann Storm Roof, 21, was captured alive.
"If we can find out what motivated him, maybe we can prevent someone else from doing something like this," Jackson said.
CHARLESTON, S.C. CHURCH SHOOTINGSuspect arrested in Charleston church shooting | 00:39Charleston authorities have arrested 21-year-old Dylann Roof in connection with the killing of nine people at Emanuel AME church. Roof was arrested during a traffic stop in Shelby, North Carolina. VPC
CHARLESTON, S.C. CHURCH SHOOTINGPinckney colleague: 'Biggest heart you could imagine' | 01:25South Carolina state senators became emotional during Thursday's session as they reflected on slain state Senator Clementa Pinckney, who was among those killed in the Charleston church shooting. His chair was draped in black fabric in his absence. VPC
CHARLESTON, S.C. CHURCH SHOOTINGObama: I've made statements like this 'too many times' | 02:20President Obama spoke about the tragedy at a church in Charleston, S.C., saying he's made a speech like this too often. The president says he knew the pastor who was killed at the Emanuel AME church, where 9 people were killed while praying. VPC
CHARLESTON, S.C. CHURCH SHOOTINGGov. Haley cries: 'Heart and soul of S.C. was broken' | 01:25South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley got emotional while speaking at a press conference about the massacre at Emanuel AME church in Charleston where a gunman opened fire at a prayer service killing nine people. WLTX
CHARLESTON, S.C. CHURCH SHOOTINGAttorney General: Charleston shooting 'barbaric' | 01:24Speaking at a press conference, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch called the shooting that killed 9 people at Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina both "barbaric" and "heartless." VPC
CHARLESTON, S.C. CHURCH SHOOTINGSlain pastor Clementa Pinckney will be 'sorely missed' | 01:07Pastor Clementa Pinckney is among those killed in a shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. The 41-year-old was also serving as a South Carolina state senator at the time of his death. VPC
CHARLESTON, S.C. CHURCH SHOOTINGCharleston police: 'We will catch' church shooter | 01:12Chief Gregory Mullen emphasized his department's commitment to catching the man suspected of killing nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Police confirm they currently do not know where the suspect is. WLTX TV
CHARLESTON, S.C. CHURCH SHOOTINGPastor killed in church massacre was a 'leader' | 01:01After news of South Carolina state senator and pastor Clementa Pinckney's death at the hands of a gunman at his Charleston church, fellow State Senator Kevin Johnson said Pinckney had a passion for the less fortunate in his state. WLTX
CHARLESTON, S.C. CHURCH SHOOTING9 dead in Charleston after church massacre | 00:58Nine people, including state senator Celementa Pinckney, were killed during a shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. Pinckney was also the pastor of the church. Police say the shooting was a hate crime. VPC
CHARLESTON, S.C. CHURCH SHOOTINGSen. killed in church wanted 'people to feel safe' there | 00:30The S.C. state Senator and pastor killed when a gunman shot up his Charleston church was an advocate for safe churches. In the state legislator in 2013, Sen. Clementa Pinckney supported a bill that would expand penalties for church vandalism. WLTX
CHARLESTON, S.C. CHURCH SHOOTINGPolice: Charleston church shooting was a hate crime | 00:54Authorities are looking for a young white man in connection to the massacre at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC where a gunman opened fire, killing nine people. WLTX TV
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