Posted on 06/19/2015 6:14:16 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Dylann Storm Roof has confessed to entering a South Carolina church on Wednesday night and shooting dead nine people at their weekly bible study meeting, telling investigators that he wanted to 'start a race war', according to reports.
The 21-year-old admitted to Charleston police and the FBI that he was behind the massacre, law enforcement officials told CNN on Friday. He also told them that he bought the .45-caliber handgun himself; a family member had previously said the gun was a birthday gift from Roof's father.
His roommate has also revealed that Roof, who is white, had been planning the attack for six months, and had wanted to start a 'civil war' before killing himself. Another friend has revealed that Roof complained that black people are 'taking over the world' and said someone to do something about it for the sake of 'the white race'.
On Thursday, following an overnight manhunt, Roof was arrested in Shelby, North Carolina after a tip from a member of the public and he was extradited back to South Carolina last night...
He is now on suicide watch in jail, as per protocol, Charleston County Sheriff's office spokesman Major Eric Watson told ABC News. He is being housed separately from the rest of the inmates for his own safety and a bail hearing has been set for today, Watson said.
On Friday, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley told the Today show that 'we will absolutely will want him to have the death penalty'. His uncle added to ABC News that, if he does get the death penalty, he 'will push the button myself'.
'I'll be the one to push the button. If he's found guilty, I'll be the one to push the button myself,' Carson Cowles said. 'If what I am hearing is true, he needs to pay for it.'..
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So why not learn a lesson. It is all a picture of how Christ died for sinners. Christ has but one string attached to this pardon: YOU MUST PAY IT FORWARD.
Did they arrest the roommate?
Looks like to me we are already in a race war with every person in a position of authority siding with black rioters, murderers and giving them the benefit of the doubt in every instance.
I don’t think Roof ever had any drugs, other than his “self-medicating” with everything from LSD to meth. The drug he was found with was actually something meant to clear out the effects of opiate addiction; he was probably ordered to take it after his arrest for possession earlier this year. It’s not clear whether he actually took it, though.
I thought the same thing. This roommate knew something and didn’t alert authorities? That person should have to answer for that.
PUT....HIM....DOWN!
Make it pay-per-view and MAKE some money.
Using this shooting as an excuse, I wonder when and where the rioting and looting will begin?
Needs a rigorous psyche eval to determine whether the insanity defense is applicable. Appears he may have a case. I don’t think he’s playing with a full deck.
Oh wow, this guy has really stirred the pot. I can just picture the gleeful face of Satan right now.
This was Charlie Manson’s motivation as well.
No, he is under the control of demons. All illnesses come from one source, the devil.
Right, there was knowledge of a desire to murder and the person just did nothing but gloat of their knowledge after the deed.
Jail followed by a lifetime of civil lawsuit liens on their income for life.
So is he a psychopathic killer or just plain crazy?
I imagine that if the guy wasn’t a coward he
would have forced his way into a Black Panther
event and fired warning shots into the crowd.
There you go
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