FBI director: Charleston shooting not an act of terrorism

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115. Update: They've blinked

The Daily Beast: ...Since Comey spoke, the FBI has had more time to look into the manifesto that the shooter had posted online to explain his actions.“We’re going to continue to follow the facts and learn more about the incident itself and what was behind it,” said spokesman Paul Bresson. “In no way do [Comey’s] comments detract from our ability to conduct a thorough investigation.”

...Based on the known facts, Dylann Roof’s murders inside the Emanuel AME church last week arguably fit the bill. In a manifesto written before the shootings, Roof makes clear his particular animus toward African Americans...According to witnesses, Roof justified his shootings by accusing black people of “taking over our country” and said, “You have to go.” He also let some churchgoers live so they could tell others what he’d done and said...

Numerous commentators have pointed to an apparent double standard, in which a radical Muslim who attacks innocent people is called a terrorist, but a radical white supremacist who does the same thing is called mentally ill or deranged.

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