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Emanuel AME Church Opens Doors for Sunday Worship
If Dylann Roof’s goal was to halt worship at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., it did not work. The church held service Sunday after police say Roof shot and killed nine people, including the beloved pastor, at the historically black church last week in an effort to start a race war, according…
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SC Judge Who Urged Support for Family of Racist Church Killer Will Not Oversee Trial
Charleston County Magistrate James Gosnell Jr. sparked outrage Friday when he appealed for sympathy for the family of Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old self-professed racist who last week gunned down nine African Americans at prayer service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. But the good news in this sad and disturbing story is…
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Should We Forgive the Charleston Killer?
It was as if I were feeling the Charleston, S.C., massacre in my bones. I had been in the United States as a guest of the Brown University International Advanced Research Institute. I was scheduled to go back on June 21, but I insisted on going back as soon as I finished my talk on…
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Inside the Mind of Dylann Roof: Alleged Racist Manifesto Reveals Deep Hatred of Blacks
A 2,000-word screed believed to be written by Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old accused shooter in the Charleston, S.C., church massacre, are the ramblings of a man with a deep-seated hatred toward blacks. The manifesto was discovered at lastrhodesian.com through a Reverse Whois lookup on domaintools.com and is registered to Roof, Gawker reports. “I have no…
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Watch: SC Judge Calls for Sympathy for Family of Accused Church Shooter
A South Carolina judge—disciplined in the past for using the n-word in an open courtroom—Friday called for the community to rally around the family of accused church shooter Dylann Roof at a hearing, according to the New York Daily News. “We have victims—nine of them. But we also have victims on the other side,” Charleston…
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Ohio Man Reportedly Killed Officer After Posting Warning Online
A 21-year-old Cincinnati man and a veteran police officer died during a shootout in what officials are calling a case of “suicide by cop,” according to USA Today. Trepierre Hummons reportedly shot and killed Officer Sonny Kim, 48, on a city street after posting a goodbye message on Facebook Friday morning, the report says. “We…
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SC Lawmaker Plans Bill to Remove Confederate Flag From Capitol
A South Carolina lawmaker plans to introduce a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the statehouse after officials were slammed this week for continuing to fly the divisive banner after nine black people were fatally shot at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on Wednesday, Raw Story reports.…
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Watch: Chicago Cop Probed After Video Shows Him Firing on Black Teens in Car
A shooting by a Chicago police officer is under investigation by federal authorities, and a retired judge recently released dash-cam video of the white officer firing on a car occupied by black teenagers, according to ABC 7. Court documents identify one of the officers involved as Marco Proano, who has been on desk duty since…
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Ohio Man Allegedly Chases Kids With Gun, Shouts Racial Slurs
A Struthers, Ohio, man is due on court Friday after allegedly chasing several children while waving his gun and screaming racial slurs earlier this week, WKBN reports. According to the report, Gust Mamounis was charged with aggravated menacing, disorderly conduct and inducing panic in the incident Monday evening. Two kids had reportedly gotten into a…
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Relatives of Charleston Shooting Victims Speak Directly to Accused Shooter at Court Hearing
The notorious alleged Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal shooter is now being held on a $1 million bond for a weapons charge in the crime that left nine people in Charleston, S.C., dead and a community reeling. Appearing before a magistrate judge via video on Friday, Dylann Storm Roof spoke only when asked direct questions and remained…