Last Wednesday evening a white man named Dylann Roof walked into a Bible Study at Emmanuel AME Church in historic Charleston. He sat quietly for some time, appearing to listen to the religious message, before standing up and shooting nine innocent people while terrorizing the survivors with racist statements.
Later it was discovered that Dylann Roof had been planning some kind of attack for months, and had told his drinking buddies that whites needed to kill the blacks and bring back segregation. He later said he almost didn't shoot anyone at the church because they were so nice to him, but his evil purpose overcame any conscience he had (if any). But we don't have to guess at his reasons because Roof wrote an online manifesto stating his plan and why he chose that church:
The #CharlestonShooting murderer, in his own words: http://t.co/Wyyq8MABJQ #DylannRoof pic.twitter.com/nhIaeiKnhO
— SPLC (@splcenter) June 20, 2015
Shooter #DylannRoof almost abandoned his plan because the churchgoers were "so nice to him": http://t.co/aPWOdrxTYr pic.twitter.com/hCplGz9V8Q
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 19, 2015
If a flag is just a flag, explain why this terrorist, Dylann Roof donned the flag of racist Apartheid South... http://t.co/35kqqyuCjn
— Karen Hunter (@karenhunter) June 18, 2015
Photo of #DylannRoof with glock and #ConfederateFlag, found on same site as racist manifesto #CharlestonShooting pic.twitter.com/1v3esznlTb
— SPLC (@splcenter) June 20, 2015
How a white terrorist became radicalized online http://t.co/bbDveKLIib #CharlestonShooting pic.twitter.com/kBqcCoBhCa
— Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle) June 20, 2015
How #CharlestonShooting suspect Dylann Roof was inspired by a known hate group http://t.co/Wyyq8MABJQ pic.twitter.com/Xj5ZpyJj0q
— SPLC (@splcenter) June 20, 2015
A week later the sorrow still simmers across the nation, as families plan funerals and calls rise up from all sides to take down the festering symbol of racism that is the Confederate Battle Flag. But I deal with the flag controversy in a separate post. The rest of this post is about the victims and their families.
Victims shot at Charleston Church by white gunman - suspect still at large #CharlestonShooting http://t.co/TLdz4DjNav
— Zach Stafford (@ZachStafford) June 18, 2015
Nine people dead in #CharlestonShooting hate crime: what we now know http://t.co/FMn9N2fJch pic.twitter.com/nd4C0wIJ2h
— Claire Phipps (@Claire_Phipps) June 18, 2015
Police say one of the survivors in the #CharlestonShooting was 5 year old who played dead. http://t.co/dsWvvrDw9K pic.twitter.com/1mUUbCzpbG
— Houston News (@abc13houston) June 18, 2015
An early look at next week's cover, "Nine," by Barry Blitt: http://t.co/Ee6XSiWd2W pic.twitter.com/SUfzaEA0jA
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) June 19, 2015
Nine black lives taken, nine families broken, our endurance shaken http://t.co/VXx2yuRYTZ Well stated @DrJamesPeterson #CharlestonShooting
— waltb31 (@waltb31) June 21, 2015
#CharlestonShooting victim Sen. Clementa Pinckney 'was a family and religious man' http://t.co/Z5Yu362j1c pic.twitter.com/VOicOAN3Ep
— People magazine (@people) June 18, 2015
Susie Jackson,87: Oldest Victim Of #CharlestonShooting-@POTUS @VP @nikkihaley @LorettaLynch @FBI @CityCharleston #RIP pic.twitter.com/V2AoZOyIe0
— Human Rights (@HumanRtsV) June 18, 2015
MUST READ: Remembering the #CharlestonShooting victims (fuller stories on each person) http://t.co/5xpApS4cRQ
— deray mckesson (@deray) June 18, 2015
This #FathersDay is dedicated to victims of the #CharlestonShooting who no longer have a father. pic.twitter.com/qwxbOzzueP
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) June 21, 2015
Son of #CharlestonShooting church victim says, 'We forgive the shooter': http://t.co/XEq9su2w5c pic.twitter.com/CQHsgDiUMw
— The Root (@TheRoot) June 19, 2015
Tywanza Sanders, a victim of the #CharlestonShooting, was called quiet and industrious by those who knew him. http://t.co/q7hPvArv9n
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 19, 2015
Members of victims’ families extended forgiveness to Dylann Roof at court appearance: http://t.co/EJbDKTHeof pic.twitter.com/4fQJMOI7pV
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 19, 2015
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