Published May 07, 2016
The Charleston church where nine African-Americans were shot in what police say were racist killings has given $1.5 million of donations to family members of the victims.
The Post and Courier of Charleston reports (http://bit.ly/1TvWFRU ) that Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church kept about $1.8 million of donations for building maintenance, an endowment and a scholarship fund.
The money was donated to the church in the months after the shootings last June. Church leaders say only $280,000 worth of donations were specified for the victims' families, and the church decided to add more than $1 million to those gifts.
Some family members are upset the church kept more than it gave to them.
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Information from: The Post and Courier, http://www.postandcourier.com
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