I think it s a case of domestic terrorism.
Southern poverty law center dylann roof.
State of south carolina.
Southern poverty law center january 18 2017 how did dylann roof go from being someone who was not raised in a racist home to someone so steeped in white supremacist propaganda that he murdered nine african americans during a bible study.
Pinckney and injured.
Roof was flanked by two guards in a remote room with a video screen connecting him to the rest of the court.
It s political violence by a nonstate actor aimed at intimidating a large group of people.
It found a number of postings on the daily stormer a guttural neo nazi website that were remarkably similar to parts of the manifesto.
Dylann roof may have been a regular commenter at neo nazi website the daily stormer southern poverty law center.
The ccc is the modern reincarnation of the old white citizens councils which were formed in the 1950s and 1960s to battle school desegregation in the south.
Charleston church shooter dylann roof s manifestocited the hate group council of conservative citizens ccc as his gateway into the world of white nationalism.
Splc is a nonprofit tax exempt 501 c 3 organization ein.
Video of the miseducation of dylann roof.
It appears that the charleston church shooter dylann roof may have been even more immersed in the online white supremacist movement than previously thought.
The symbols donned by the accused charleston shooter dylann roof patches of south african and rhodesian regimes during a time of brutally enforced white minority rule and a litany of photos displaying the confederate flag combined with a 2 500 word manifesto calling on whites to take drastic action are just a couple of the red flags pointing to roof s white supremacist beliefs.
The postings were signed by aryanblood1488.
During a bible study at emanuel african methodist episcopal church roof killed nine people all african americans including senior pastor and state senator clementa c.
63 0598743 the southern poverty law center.
Dylann storm roof born april 3 1994 is an american white supremacist and mass murderer convicted for perpetrating the charleston church shooting on june 17 2015 in the u s.
Dylann roof stared blankly ahead during his first court appearance days after he gunned down nine black parishioners in charleston south carolina in 2015 huffpost reported from the courthouse at the time.