Charleston Shooting Leaves 9 Dead at AME Church, Gunman Remains at Large

[Jacque67 7,328]

Dylann Storm Roof???

Gun for 21st birthday present. Unemployed?

Oh boy.

[Expat1 971]

Seems the profile that emerges is that of a southern boy with strong conservative beliefs that cracked a lot of racist jokes. And popped a lot of prescription drugs. Kind of like a Rush Limbaugh junior.

That community surely will own his actions. Upstanding guys that they are....

LOL @ Rush jr

[yuna628 9,878]

Good news is SC still has death by electric chair. I'm sure a boy like him will enjoy a proper death penalty sendoff like a true tough confederate/racist.

Also kids don't pull these hateful beliefs out of their butt, I'm sure a close look will be taken at his parents.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Yes, because when black people kill white people, they don't get out in 5 years. Hate crimes tag on extra time for the perp. You can't add time on to a life sentence without parole. Someone here was actually arguing this...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/18/us/charleston-south-carolina-shooting/index.html

Witnesses say the gunman stood up and said he was there "to shoot black people," a law enforcement official said. The shooter is also thought to have used a handgun, according to the official.

Ok sounds like my assumption was wrong. Sad

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I bet they were proiling young white males like a mug after this shooting. Wanna bet

I'd take that bet, but they caught him already.

The truth is, when it's a white suspect, they seem to get it right 95% of the time. You won't see random white people being handcuffed and sitting on the curb because they "fit the description".

Here's my prediction. There's going to be a discussion about gun control, followed by a trip to one of the following places: Chicago, Baltimore, St.Louis, etc. People need to be reminded that this is an "isolated" incident.

[Expat1 971]

Good news is SC still has death by electric chair. I'm sure a boy like him will enjoy a proper death penalty sendoff like a true tough confederate/racist.

Also kids don't pull these hateful beliefs out of their butt, I'm sure a close look will be taken at his parents.

Won't happen. Family members are never held responsible for turning their nutjob offspring loose in the street with no warning to the rest of us.

I'd take that bet, but they caught him already.

The truth is, when it's a white suspect, they seem to get it right 95% of the time. You won't see random white people being handcuffed and sitting on the curb because they "fit the description".

Here's my prediction. There's going to be a discussion about gun control, followed by a trip to one of the following places: Chicago, Baltimore, St.Louis, etc. People need to be reminded that this is an "isolated" incident.

The ONLY reason we haven't seen "If only the church members were carrying guns this wouldn't have happened" is because the victims were black and we can't have that at all LOL

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Ok sounds like my assumption was wrong. Sad

It is, because killing innocent people is wrong either way you look at it. So much hate...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

This is the new south, those days are long over.

Looks like the new south is no less deadly than the old south.

[Darnell 8,479]

And he is just like every other white kid. So far the white community has not condemned his actions, and neither have we heard any condemnation from christian leaders. Ergo, the American Taliban condones his actions, according to the sophistry dished out by the motley crew.

I'm really surprised nobody pinned this on Obama. Yet.

It's early in the day, aye? The folk writing conspiracies like to post em when the fact-checkers are sleeping.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Yes, because when black people kill white people, they don't get out in 5 years. Hate crimes tag on extra time for the perp. You can't add time on to a life sentence without parole. Someone here was actually arguing this...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/18/us/charleston-south-carolina-shooting/index.html

Witnesses say the gunman stood up and said he was there "to shoot black people," a law enforcement official said. The shooter is also thought to have used a handgun, according to the official.

That doesn't really make it a racially motivated shooting. Not in the new south, it doesn't. Ask NB, he knows it.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Won't happen. Family members are never held responsible for turning their nutjob offspring loose in the street with no warning to the rest of us.

The ONLY reason we haven't seen "If only the church members were carrying guns this wouldn't have happened" is because the victims were black and we can't have that at all LOL

I shudder to think what would happen if this was in reverse. If this prince was black and slaughtered white people in the same manner, this thread would explode. Not to mention IRL I think things would be more tense...

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

That doesn't really make it a racially motivated shooting. Not in the new south, it doesn't. Ask NB, he knows it.

NB admits it's was racially motivated. So that's progress.

I got a job offer for Charleston, SC back in July last year. I really wanted to go. But seeing the incidents that have happened of late, I'm glad I didn't..

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I shudder to think what would happen if this was in reverse. If this prince was black and slaughtered white people in the same manner, this thread would explode. Not to mention IRL I think things would be more tense...

Imagine for a second, the shooter was a moosleem. All of the sudden, the focus would be on the fact that the victims were Christians and their deaths would be bemoaned intensively. Now they're just a bunch of black folk that would otherwise - sooner or later - have fallen victim to a thug of their own race anyways.

[Expat1 971]

I shudder to think what would happen if this was in reverse. If this prince was black and slaughtered white people in the same manner, this thread would explode. Not to mention IRL I think things would be more tense...

You have no idea how much we hope and pray it wasn't some nutjob jihadi when something like this happens. Actually maybe you do.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Imagine for a second, the shooter was a moosleem. All of the sudden, the focus would be on the fact that the victims were Christians and their deaths would be bemoaned intensively. Now they're just a bunch of black folk that would otherwise - sooner or later - have fallen victim to a thug of their own race anyways.

Yep, that's exactly what it would have been. Even if there wasn't an agenda, it would have been perceived as a terrorist attack.

You have no idea how much we hope and pray it wasn't some nutjob jihadi when something like this happens. Actually maybe you do.

Yes, I know.....