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10Apr/17

Charleston church shooter pleads guilty to separate state murder counts

April 10, 2017CrimeAlt-right, American neo-Nazis, Charleston, Charleston church shooting, Crime, Crime in the United States, Criminal homicide, Dylann Roof, Far-right politics in the United States, Far-right terrorism, Law/Crime, Murder, Roof, Social Issues, Terrorism in the United States, Trial of Dylann Roof, United States, White supremacy in the United Statessmbale

Dylann Roof, the white supremacist sentenced to death in federal court for the 2015 shooting massacre at a historic black church in South Carolina, pleads guilty to separate state murder charges.
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10Dec/16

Suspect in SC church shooting told police “I had to do it”

December 10, 2016CrimeAlt-right, American neo-Nazis, Charleston church shooting, Charleston South Carolina, Confession, Dylann Roof, Emanuel, Far-right terrorism, Jury, Law, Law/Crime, Murder, Roof, SHELBY, South Carolina, United Statessmbale

Jurors in the South Carolina church shooting trial are shown video of accused shooter Dylann Roof’s confession to police.

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28Nov/15

Highlights of world events from April to June 2015

November 28, 2015WorldAbd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Ali Abdullah Saleh, amtrak, Andrew Chan, Assyrian City, Australia, Baghdad, Baltimore, Barack Obama, Brazil, Burundi, Cambridge, Charleston, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Chile, China, Clementa Pinckney, Countries, Cuba, David Cameron, Dylann Roof, Egypt, Elizabeth Diana, Freddie Gray, Fulgencio Batista, Georgia, Godefroid Niyombare, Goodluck Jonathan, Houthi movement, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Joko Widodo, Kenya, Kevin Krogh, Kyanjin Gompa, Lagos, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mohamed Mursi, Moon, Mosul, Muhammadu Buhari, Myanmar, Myuran Sukumaran, Nepal, New York City, Nigeria, Nigerian people, Nimrud, Philadelphia, Pierre Nkurunziza, Prime Niyongabo, Queen Elizabeth, Ramadi, Raúl Castro, Riyadh, Saif Rezgui, Salerno, Sanaa, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sousse, Soviet Union, Tanzania, Tayyip Erdogan, Tbilisi, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Western Asia, William, Yemen, Yemeni Crisissmbale

World events during the second quarter of the year include an attack on a Kenyan university, a gunman targeting tourists on a Tunisian beach and, after decades of hostility, a handshake between the leaders of the United States and Cuba.
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19Jul/15

Flag dispute triggers clash at South Carolina capitol

July 19, 2015WorldAmerican nationalism, American society, Anti-Islam sentiment, Antisemitism in the United States, Carolina, Christian terrorism, Colombia, Columbia, Detroit, Discrimination against LGBT people in the United States, Discrimination in the United States, Dylann Roof, Flags of the Confederate States of America, History of the United States, Islamophobia in the United States, Kelley Hughes, Ku Klux Klan, National Socialist Movement, Politics, Politics of the United States, Race in the United States, Reconstruction, Roof, Social Issues, South Carolina, South Carolina State House, southern poverty, Southern Poverty Law Center, Terrorism in the United States, United States, United States Capitol, White supremacy in the United Statessmbale

A Ku Klux Klan chapter and an African-American group held overlapping demonstrations outside the South Carolina State House, where state officials removed the Confederate battle flag last week.

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10Jul/15

Background check mix-up allowed Roof to buy gun: FBI

July 10, 2015CrimeAgencies of the United States government, Comey, Director, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dismissal of United States Attorneys controversy, Dylann Roof, Executive branch of the United States government, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal government of the United States, James B. Comey, James Comeysmbale

(R Reports) – Many have questioned why a gunman would open fire at a Bible-study, killing nine worshippers in Charleston last month.

Now, FBI Director James Comey says suspect Dylann Roof never should have gotten his hands on this gun.
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01Jul/15

Ohio church blaze brings the number of black church fires to seven in one week

July 1, 2015CrimeCharleston, Charleston church shooting, Charleston South Carolina, Charlotte, Church arson, Combustion, Conflagration, Crime in the United States, Dylann Roof, Elyria, Fire, Firefighting, Florida, Georgia, Heat transfer, Huffington Post, Knoxville, Louisiana black church fires, Macedonia Baptist Church arson, Macon, NEXT MEDIA, North Carolina, Ohio, Regions of the United States, Religion/Belief, RT, South Carolina, Tallahassee, Tennessee, THOMSON REUTERS GROUP LIMITED, United States, USA, Warrenvillesmbale

USA (Next Media) – The FBI has launched an investigation into fires at seven different African-American churches in the United States in the last seven days to understand whether they are something more than a coincidence. According to Reuters, so far none of the blazes have been labeled as hate crimes.
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25Jun/15

Alabama governor orders Confederate flags removed from state Capitol

June 25, 2015PoliticsAmerican Civil War, American society, Baltimore, Charleston, Charleston church shooting, Confederate States of America, Countries, Dylann Roof, Ferguson, Flags of the Confederate States of America, Lost Cause of the Confederacy, Modern display of the Confederate battle flag, Montgomery, New York City, Race in the United States, Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials, Robert Bentley, Slavery in the United States, United States, White supremacysmbale

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley orders Confederate flags to be removed from the grounds of the Southern state’s Capitol.
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20Jun/15

Charleston: hope and mercy after bloodshed

June 20, 2015WorldArticles, BETTY BELL, Charleston, Charleston church shooting, Charleston South Carolina, Charleston Southern University, Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville metropolitan area, Christian theology, Christopher Singleton, Dylann, Dylann Roof, Emotions, Ethics, Forgiveness, Human behavior, Law/Crime, MITCH FIFE, Philosophy of love, Religion, Religious philosophy, Sharonda, SHARONDA SINGLETON, SHOOTING VICTIM SHARONDA SINGLETON, Spirituality, Theologysmbale

Outside the church in Charleston where a gunman shot dead nine people at bible study there’s a mood of sadness, but also of hope.
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