Dylann Roof, Convicted Charleston Church Killer, Wants to Fire Jewish, Indian Lawyers

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

SEP 18 2017, 6:23 PM ET

Dylann Roof, Convicted Charleston Church Killer, Wants to Fire Jewish, Indian Lawyers

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A white supremacist who was sentenced to death in the 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers has told a federal appeals court he wants to fire his appellate attorneys because one of them is Jewish and the other is Indian.

Dylann Roof filed the handwritten request himself Monday with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia.

Roof further wrote that his attorneys' backgrounds are "a barrier to effective communication."

He noted that David Isaac Bruck, who represented him at his federal trial, was also Jewish and that, "His ethnicity was a constant source of conflict even with my constant efforts to look past it."

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/charleston-church-shooting/dylann-roof-convicted-charleston-church-killer-wants-fire-jewish-indian-n802506

[bettyellen]

1. He should not have his biogtry accommodated.

[elleng]

2. I hope the 4th Circuit tells him to jump off a cliff,

but I suspect they'll be polite.

[shenmue]

3. Yes

[struggle4progress]

4. "Where I am is where there is no there there"

[Warren DeMontague]

5. He should really fire his barber

just sayin

[ChubbyStar]

6. His mother is gettin' jiggy with the flowbee

[Warren DeMontague]

8. Sort of like a "failed Frank Luntz" look

which is, in and of itself, redundant.

[ChubbyStar]

9. Dear Lord

NOT THAT FUCKER!

[NYC Liberal]

7. If he wants to pick and choose, he can pay for his lawyers.

[JI7]

10. Maybe Trump will Pardon him