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whathehell

(30,321 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 10:48 AM Jun 2015

Dylann Roof 'almost didn't go through' with Charleston church shooting [View all]

Source: NBC News

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/charleston-church-shooting/dylann-roof-almost-didnt-go-through-charleston-church-shooting-n378341

Roof, 21, has told police that he "almost didn't go through with it because everyone was so nice to him," sources told NBC News.

Dylann Roof, the man who gunned down nine parishioners at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, has been charged with nine counts of murder and a weapons possession charge, police said.

Roof confessed to the horrific killings at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston on Wednesday night, two sources confirmed to NBC News.



Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/charleston-church-shooting/dylann-roof-almost-didnt-go-through-charleston-church-shooting-n378341



Roof has told police that he "almost didn't go through with it because everyone was so nice to him"


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It tells you how 'carefully taught' he was to hate. mnhtnbb Jun 2015 #1
Exactly - conditioned to see black people as the enemy 'taking over this country' blm Jun 2015 #3
Yes..Heartbreaking doesn't begin to describe it. n/t whathehell Jun 2015 #4
That's a LOT of supposing. Plucketeer Jun 2015 #19
right heaven05 Jun 2015 #21
Nice try Plucketeer Jun 2015 #29
I agree heaven05 Jun 2015 #31
Learning by example is quite commonplace ... GeorgeGist Jun 2015 #27
I'm sure they were BeyondGeography Jun 2015 #2
he had to go through with "his mission."more interested in who influenced him the past couple years Sunlei Jun 2015 #5
Yes, and along with his victims' families, he will regret that decision for the rest of his life. whathehell Jun 2015 #6
I doubt he will regret heaven05 Jun 2015 #25
If he goes into the general population... roamer65 Jun 2015 #32
yeah heaven05 Jun 2015 #34
Just pure hate. Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #7
Roofer? KamaAina Jun 2015 #8
Dylann Roof is identified in the first sentence of the OP.. whathehell Jun 2015 #9
It's "Roof". KamaAina Jun 2015 #10
Yes. it's called a "mistake". whathehell Jun 2015 #11
The actual headline is cosmicone Jun 2015 #13
Yes. Again, it's called a "mistake" whathehell Jun 2015 #15
I'd get to the bottom of this if I were you. This is inexcusable! ret5hd Jun 2015 #17
I know .... cosmicone Jun 2015 #18
they were the superior humans, Roof is inferior twisted scum Fast Walker 52 Jun 2015 #12
300000 heaven05 Jun 2015 #22
Sorry, I don't follow you Fast Walker 52 Jun 2015 #33
roof heaven05 Jun 2015 #35
One hour with the parishioners almost overcame 21 years of learned negative behavior. LanternWaste Jun 2015 #14
Yes, almost.. whathehell Jun 2015 #16
He really is an evil person heaven05 Jun 2015 #20
I would like to see him studied to find out how he got this way Marrah_G Jun 2015 #23
I'm sure everything, his homelife, education level, etc. will be investigated. n/t whathehell Jun 2015 #24
When I read this I had to wonder how a Black person would have been redstatebluegirl Jun 2015 #26
I will say it depends on the "white church". mwooldri Jun 2015 #30
His right-wing education of hate, fear and lies trumped whatever good there was in him. n/t vkkv Jun 2015 #28
tragic. Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #36
Just heartbreaking. smirkymonkey Jun 2015 #37
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