9 dead in shooting at historic Charleston African American church. Police chief calls it ‘hate crime

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[Crystal Palace East]

Police are searching for a gunman who opened fire Wednesday night at a historic African American church in downtown Charleston, S.C. Charleston officials said nine people were killed and others were injured.

“I do believe this is a hate crime,” Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen said at a late night news conference, without explaining the basis for his conclusion.

Police said the victims had gathered Wednesday night in the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston for a prayer meeting when the shooting occurred. Police are now searching for the suspect, described as a clean-shaven white male in his early 20s, who has sandy blond hair and a small build. Police said he was wearing a gray sweatshirt, blue jeans and Timberland boots. He is believe to be the only shooter.

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[House Atreides]

initial media reports are almost always wrong whenever they want to spread a hate crime story. White guy may turn out to be some middle-eastern looking guy who look white
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...or a schizophrenic.

[SaveFerris]

Holy cow.

[Perseverando]

Re: Prayers up for the souls of the fallen and their bereaved family members . So very very sad .

The pastor was one of those murdered.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClementaPinckney?src=hash

[wastoute]

Exactly, the same media that has been ignoring the shooting in Waco will be on this every thirty minutes, top to bottom, 24/7.

[AZLiberty]

Heinous. Horrible.

[Kickass Conservative]

Is a Hate Crime because the Victims were Black or because they were Christians?

Yeah, I know....

Hate Crime, how Orwellian.

[nickcarraway]

What would this possibly have to do with fathers day.

[dragnet2]

I could be wrong. Someone above who initially made that 21 YO comment might have been using that in hypothetical sense.

[353FMG]

But why two white and two black cops?

[80skid]

I suppose we shall see.

[Secret Agent Man]

Yup. False flag.

[SmokingJoe]

Funny thing is, the Pravda media continue to refuse to identify/mention the rain e of the perpetrator of a crime when it’s committed by a black make, which is the case most of the time.

[dragnet2]

State Senator?...Former I assume.

Be interesting to see if there is a connection to someone at the church and the suspect. My hunch is the suspect is simply a raving nutcake. Who knows at this point.

Very brutal event.

[Secret Agent Man]

All crime is hate crime.

I cant stand this pc bs. Terrible law concept.

[BeadCounter]

Murder sure is a hate crime already. Definitely so.

[TangibleDisgust]

interesting how quick this is deemed a Hate Crime

i noticed that too. so long as this appears to be a white against black crime, it fits the MSM narrative. however, if it turns out to be an atheist liberal or muzzie sympathizer attack against Christians, the MSM will drop the story like a hot potato.

time will tell. still an evil act by an evil person no matter what their motives. also, i reject the concept of "hate crimes". no murder is worse than another based on motive. murder is just murder and should be punished as such, with a long drop on a short rope.

[TangibleDisgust]

There is no way this isn't going to create a racial firestorm.

i seem to recall that we were promised an end to all racial strife after we "elected" Obammey in 2008.

[AnthonySoprano]

. Horrible and heinous, Yes.

However, it is amazing this has already been labeled a Hate crime.

We've had cases were shooters had on their Facebook pages that they Hated white people and were going to get them one and Bill O'Reilly said it wasn't racial. You have the Allah Akbar shootings and we're told the motivation is unknown for months.

Here, you have the FBI on the scene in an hour and they are telling reporters that this is a hate crime. I watched the coverage out of Charleston. Reporters getting info off the record.

[elhombrelibre]

Prayers for the 9 murdered victims of this evil man.

[dp0622]

i agree. It’s funny though, how those two black kids who pummeled a white guy on a train after asking him about the Ferguson case weren’t charged with hate crimes.