The New Yorker Dylan Roof

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In the security photos he was wearing jeans a gray pullover and timberland boots. Racist mass murdering church shooter dylann roof briefly went on a hunger strike to protest alleged mistreatment by prison guards in the western indiana state prison where he s on death row. The victims were all black. When dylann roof represented himself at his capital trial he was a 22 year old ninth grade dropout diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder autism anxiety and depression who believed.

Advertisement continue reading the main story. Roof then stood and requested new counsel to handle an appeal. The justice department has announced that it will seek the death penalty for the accused shooter dylann roof. The new yorker radio hour what to do with a confederate monument.

When gergel asked him on what basis he was making the request roof smirked and said of bruck i just don t trust him the. The congregation has historically been. Agents questioned dylann roof for approximately two hours after he was arrested in connection with the 2015 church shooting in charleston s c. A small town struggles with a statue honoring men who fought for secession and slavery and with the meaning of its history.

Morton the new york times redux. By the new yorker june 22 2015. In terrorism in charleston jelani cobb examines the term domestic terrorism and the reluctance to apply it to the murders committed by dylann roof. Roof is a slim white man about five nine.