Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pinckney akanga ariwo mufundisi mukuru paMother Emanuel A.M.E. muCharleston. Muna 2015, Pinckney akaurayiwa nemuchena mutungamiri Dylann Roof mune imwe pfuti yehugandanga yakakonzerwa nerudzi
papurogiramu yefundo yeBhaibheri yemanheru kuchechi kwake. Mutungamiri Barack Obama akapa hurukuro yokurumbidza uye akaimba "Amazing Grace" pamariro aPinckney mazuva mapfumbamwe gare gare.