South Carolina Shootings Likely to Influence Primaries

First Read says the shootings last night in South Carolina “will influence — one way or another — next year’s primaries in the state.”

“Do note that this is the second high-profile race-related crime in South Carolina — after a policeman was caught on camera shooting a fleeing black man. So these shootings will forge a backdrop to both the Democratic and Republican primaries that will take in South Carolina early next year. The two events aren’t connected, but yet they are.”