Accused shooter had list of other black churches in his car

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Meg Kinnard, Associated Press
Updated 9:26 pm, Monday, December 12, 2016


CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — When he was arrested, the man accused of killing nine people during a Bible study in a Charleston church had a list of other area black churches in his car, law enforcement officials testified Monday.

At the time, Dylann Roof told FBI agents he was too "worn out" from the June 2015 shootings at Emanuel AME Church to pursue further shootings. But prosecutors trying him on dozens of federal charges presented evidence to jurors that Roof, armed with a handgun, ammunition, clothing and other supplies, could potentially have been planning more violence.

During roughly two hours on the stand, former State Law Enforcement Division agent Brittany Burke testified that names of a handful of other churches and their addresses were found on a handwritten list in a backpack in Roof's car.

Also on papers found in Roof's car were phone numbers for the Statehouse complex in Columbia, as well as the name of Denmark Vesey, one of the historic founders of Charleston's Emanuel AME.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Defense-wants-Charleston-church-survivor-s-10790524.php

[Willie Pep]

1. How often is Roof called a terrorist?

Or does he get a "mental illness" pass because he is a white guy? Roof is a white nationalist terrorist. SAY IT! SAY IT!

Not directed at you of course, but at the conservatives who always demand that people call violent Muslims Islamic terrorists but never demand the same with white, right-wing domestic terrorists.

[ManiacJoe]

2. Does his crime meet the definition of terrorism?

[alphafemale]

6. Terrorism involves the systematic use of terror or violence to achieve political goals.

He wanted to start a race war......

But he's white....so.

[Tanuki]

7. Most definitely, insofar as it was a targeted political assassination

of pastor/ legislstor/ activist Clementa Pinckney. The shooter reportedly asked for him by name when he entered the Bible study group, and as another poster has said, hoped that his actions would provoke a race war.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementa_C._Pinckney

[Yo_Mama]

8. I'd categorize it as domestic terrorism. His goal was to trigger a race war.

He is charged with a raft of crimes carrying the death penalty, so there is little point in adding terrorism charges, which might set up a big argument from the defense team.

Here is the federal indictment:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sc/file/632581/download

[Judi Lynn]

3. Looks as if it's fine with the "news" media, as long as it wasn't meant to terrorize white people.

[Solly Mack]

5. True

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

[rockfordfile]

9. Roof would be the poster-child of a young Trump supporter.