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Dylann Storm Roof


Because he had previously admitted to drug possession, 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof should not have been able to pass an FBI background check purchase and legally purchase a firearm. But he did, and then proceeded to shoot and kill nine people at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina last month. Now, according to a …

University of Michigan history professor Juan Cole wrote a blog post Sunday blaming “Islamophobes” and “far right wing Jews” for shaping the racist views of Charleston shooter Dylann Storm Roof, despite no evidence that was the case. “The Muslim-hatred of the Geert Wilders and Marine LePens in Europe, for which Daniel Pipes, and Pamela Geller, and the …

Shelby, North Carolina police have released dashcam video and of Dylann Storm Roof‘s arrest and the 911 calls that led to his arrest. Roof, currently charged with killing nine people in the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, allegedly fled and crossed state lines before he was caught. According to WBTV, Debbie Dills––the woman …

The families of the nine Charleston victims have gone through unbelievable tragedy, and yet today in court, members of some of the families confronted shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof and spoke words of forgiveness. Representatives from the families of Ethel Lance,Myra Thompson, Tywanza Sanders, Daniel Simmons, and Reverend DePayne Middleton-Doctor were there in court as Roof’s …

Just when you thought the horrendous shootings in Charleston, South Carolina couldn’t get any worse, the Internet intervened to help sour your day. At least, that’s the word from a white supremacist South African party arguing that the now infamous image of Dylann Roof wearing a jacket with Apartheid-era flags on it was Photoshopped. Feel free to take a …

CNN’s Dana Bash just reported the scoop that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) will call upon his state’s legislators to remove the Confederate battle flag from state grounds in the wake of last week’s Charleston church shooting that left nine dead. According to Bash, Graham is set to announce his request during a presser with Gov. …

Dylann Roof, the shooter who killed 9 people in a traditionally African-American Charleston church on Wednesday night, reportedly told the victims they were “raping our women” and “taking over our country.” The quote was tweeted out by a Emmy-winning reporter for the Dallas-Fort Worth local NBC affiliate, who claims to have interviewed a family member …