Dylann Roof stopped at second church after 2015 massacre -prosecutors

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



Dylann Roof drove to another African-American church after killing nine black parishioners in Charleston, South Carolina, a sign he intended to carry out more racially-motivated attacks, U.S. prosecutors said in newly unsealed court documents.

Roof was sentenced to death in federal court in January after being found guilty of charges connected to the June 17, 2015, massacre at a Bible study meeting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

In a September court filing released on Tuesday, federal prosecutors said that after the mass shooting, Roof fled the church with his gun and drove about 20 miles to Branch AME Church in Summerville.

That church also has a predominantly African-American congregation and held a Bible study meeting on the night Roof drove to it. GPS evidence from Roof’s car showed he slowed and then stopped at the church for two to three minutes, according to prosecutors.

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[heaven05]

1. types like this POS

run this country now. AmeriKKKa ain't never been beautiful or great for the majority of POC.....

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Open season.

[Blue_Tires]

3. not surprised...

especially given that he scoped out targets in advance and had a list of primary/secondary targets...

I don't know if there were too many/too few people at the second church, or if he thought he wouldn't be able to get away cleanly, or what...

[MosheFeingold]

4. I would like to know why

He changed his mind at this location. Knowing why a killer changes his mind is valuable information that could save lives.

[hotrod0808]

5. I'm really torn on his death sentence

Part of me wants this thug out of the gene pool, but part of me doesn't want him to become a martyr for the White Power thugs.

[MosheFeingold]

7. The way I look at it

If we have a death penalty (and we do, under both law and Constitution), this guy is the poster child for it.

I saw a firing squad death in France about a year after the Germans surrendered. I would have happily killed the guy at issue with my own bare hands. What he did made Dylan look like a piker. And he was dangerous to leave alive, even in prison, as he could have easily gathered a following.

But I was still sick at my stomach.

[raccoon]

6. Well, I'm glad the little shit didn't murder any more innocent people. nt