Dylann Roof Convicted In Slayings Of Black Church Members

[moonshaz]

A jury on Thursday convicted Dylann Roof of slaughtering nine black members of a Charleston, South Carolina, church.

He was convicted of 33 federal charges, from hate crimes to the obstruction of the practice of religion.

Roof, 22, walked into the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, commonly referred to as “Mother Emanuel,” in

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[flyingpigs_live]

it's sad that i'm surprised that he was actually convicted.

[lightbird777]

Yeah, I had the same reaction.

[lightframes]

It's because 1) he's not a police officer and 2) they were praying in a church. We have to be angelic for people to feel bad when we're killed.

[moonshaz]

I kind of thought he'd be convicted of something, but i didn't dare hope he'd be convicted of every single charge. Especially the hate crime charges. This really exceeded my hopes, in a very ggod way.

[sugartitty]

I'm actually, for once, not surprised. I live in SC and this shooting was pretty much universally devastating to us. Clementa Pinckney in particular was a very respected and beloved person here.

[yamamanama]

Same here.