What is Clementa C. Pinckney?
{{Infobox officeholder | image = | name=Clementa C. Pinckney | caption= | state_senate=South Carolina | district=45th | term_start=2001 | term_end=2015 | preceded=[[McKinley Washington, Jr.]] | succeeded= | state_house1=South Carolina | district1=122nd | term_start1=1997 | term_end1=2000 | preceded1= | succeeded1=[[R. Thayer Rivers, Jr.]] | birth_date={{birth date|1973|07|30}} | birth_place=[[Beaufort, South Carolina]] | death_date={{death date and age|2015|06|17|1973|07|30}} | death_place=[[Charleston, South Carolina]] | spouse=Jennifer | profession=[[Minister (Christianity)|Minister]] | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |}} '''Clementa Carlos Pinckney''' (July 30, 1973 – June 17, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[South Carolina Senate]], representing the 45th District since 2000. He was previously a member of the [[South Carolina House of Representatives]] from 1997 through 2000.<ref name=Heavy-Pinckney5Fact-2015>{{cite news|last1=Cleary|first1=Tom|title=Clementa Pinckney Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=http://heavy.com/news/2015/06/clementa-pinckney-dead-charleston-church-shooting-victim-black-church-pastor-ame-shot-injury/|access-date=17 June 2015|work=[[Heavy.com]]|date=18 June 2015}}</ref> Pinckney was a senior pastor at [[Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church|Mother Emanuel A.M.E.]] in Charleston.<ref name=Mullikin-CivilRightsRide-2013>{{cite web|last1=Pinckney|first1=Reverend Honorable Clementa C.|title=Civil Rights Ride 2013 – Clementa C. Pinckney, SC Senate, Pastor Mother Emanuel A.M.E.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP35_JVnP6g|website=Mullikin Law Firm|access-date=18 June 2015|date=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=SCBlueJamboree-2013>{{cite web|last1=Pinckney|first1=Clementa|title=SC Blue Jamboree 2013 Part 4: Clementa Pinckney|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKb1mLk5mHI|website=South Carolina Blue Jamboree 2013|access-date=18 June 2015}}</ref> He died, along with eight others, in a [[Charle