Nine Were Killed, and Then . . . Coping with the 2015 murder of nine people at a prayer meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, led some people to depression, others to revenge, others to forgiveness. Most—Black and White—turned their emotions to public mourning (shown here) and then anger at the Confederate flag flying above the State House, where the leaders of the South Carolina government work. The legislators, mostly White, took action, voting 94 to 20 to take the flag down. Both emotional and problem-solving coping were evident.