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49. (Daily Beast)...Many of Roof’s Facebook friends, including those from his high school, are black...

Fri Jun 19, 2015, 12:51 PM

Jun 2015

Christon Scriven, a friend...who is black...told the New York Daily News...“He flat out told us he was going to do this stuff...He was looking to kill a bunch of people.” He and their other friends assumed he had been joking. “He’s weird. You don’t know when to take him seriously and when not to,” he said.

Roof’s sister, Amber...had planned to get married Sunday...(H)er fiancé, Michael Tyo, lives just three miles from where Dylann Roof was arrested Thursday in North Carolina.

Portrait of the terrorist as a young man. And I'm also wondering what color his brother-in-law-to-be is -- if his sister wasn't marrying a white man, that could be part of his motive, too.

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Classmate: Dylann Roof Did a Lot of Drugs, Made a Lot of Racist Jokes [View all] MohRokTah Jun 2015 OP

"...he had that kind of Southern pride, I guess some would say. Strong conservative beliefs,” chalmers Jun 2015 #1

and nobody takes them seriously... Skidmore Jun 2015 #39

The are tons of us Southerners who don't act like this. Fawke Em Jun 2015 #53

Xanax didn't make the asshole do what he did still_one Jun 2015 #2

Nope, but the racism sure did! eom MohRokTah Jun 2015 #3

No doubt still_one Jun 2015 #5

But the mercuryblues Jun 2015 #32

But now, “the things he said were kind of not joking,” Glitterati Jun 2015 #4

This is why racism and sexism should not be tolerated here too- bettyellen Jun 2015 #12

Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #25

broad brush much? n/t snpsmom Jun 2015 #27

I have absolutely no idea what feminists here you speak of bettyellen Jun 2015 #28

Reminds me of making light of watermelon jokes here- how'd that work out for this kids bettyellen Jun 2015 #29

Screw that NAZI TERRORIST PUNK! Puddy Jun 2015 #6

Nazi punks fuck off! Initech Jun 2015 #48

No kidding! CountAllVotes Jun 2015 #52

Geez... Spazito Jun 2015 #7

I'm tired of that excuse. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #8

I'm guessing that after he left school and was zoned out on pills, the black classmates ck4829 Jun 2015 #9

Which is why lifting all economic boats can actually create a racist or sexist backlash... bettyellen Jun 2015 #15

Best keep people poor then, just in case. Romulox Jun 2015 #19

Best stop ignoring institutional racism and sexism, and pretending $$$ cures everything. bettyellen Jun 2015 #20

Poverty cures *nothing*. nt Romulox Jun 2015 #23

Avoid the topic at all costs, perhaps because you think it's a third way plot- bettyellen Jun 2015 #26

So no "lifting all economic boats" then? NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #33

I clearly said it is not the "cure all" as often claimed here. bettyellen Jun 2015 #36

You began with NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #40

Well then you misread. I was correcting the foolish assumption that money alone will fix bettyellen Jun 2015 #42

Say what now? NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #43

I'm still waiting for you to find a link... NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #55

Grind that axe. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #35

Because civil rights are just a wedge issue- if you've already got them! bettyellen Jun 2015 #37

I think that claim is BS, as is this whole fake divide between economic and social issues. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #50

I think it's bullshit to describe them as wedge issues too! bettyellen Jun 2015 #54

yup and i see the usual ones are upset at calling this out JI7 Jun 2015 #46

"jokes" implies that the friend found them funny GreatGazoo Jun 2015 #10

And knowing all this his parents gave him a gun for his fucking birthday. tridim Jun 2015 #11

The NRA will say ..... SummerSnow Jun 2015 #13

The usual Blame The Victims meme is in wide use, already. (nt) Paladin Jun 2015 #38

The parents must be so proud too. nt raccoon Jun 2015 #30

OK then he was not an outcast 'loner ' . Made racist statements classmates processed as jokes Person 2713 Jun 2015 #14

His racist jokes were normal. Sad. bettyellen Jun 2015 #16

What does him doing drugs have to do with anything? BlueStater Jun 2015 #17

Drug psychosis hits some people. Yo_Mama Jun 2015 #41

Southern Pride LondonReign2 Jun 2015 #18

Yep. It's a red flag for me when someone says that. alarimer Jun 2015 #44

And his uncle gave him the gun as a birthday present. Happy birthday. nt pnwmom Jun 2015 #21

His father gve him the gun. MohRokTah Jun 2015 #22

Then reports differ. Which is typical this soon after the fact. n.t pnwmom Jun 2015 #24

can't wait to find out what's on his hard drive and how many hours a day his dad watched fox News Takket Jun 2015 #31

A drugged up gun nut who had "strong conservative beliefs"? Racist POS. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #34

All of which apparenly raised no red flags whatsoever. tridim Jun 2015 #45

Sadly, nothing will change re: gun laws. We know that now. If a school full of precious.... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #47

(Daily Beast)...Many of Roof’s Facebook friends, including those from his high school, are black... rocktivity Jun 2015 #49

Fox News, Rush Limbaugh Turbineguy Jun 2015 #51

"Strong conservative beliefs..." kentuck Jun 2015 #56