Turns out it isn t that simple.
Was dylann roof a terrorist.
Just over a month after roof committed what is arguably the most heinous act of anti black terrorism since the days of the civil rights movement a federal grand jury issued a 33 count.
Even before the charges were announced questions were raised about fbi director james comey s reluctance to call the attack an act of domestic terrorism especially.
Pinckney and injured.
After white supremacist dylann roof killed nine african americans at a charleston south carolina church authorities declined to refer to the attack as terrorism.
Charleston shooting suspect dylann roof s roommate says the 21 year old planned the terrorist attack leading up to the massacre which claimed nine lives on at the emanuel african methodist.
Dylann roof stared blankly ahead during his first court appearance days after he gunned down nine black parishioners in charleston south carolina in 2015 huffpost reported from the courthouse at the time.
Roof was flanked by two guards in a remote room with a video screen connecting him to the rest of the court.
Many objected to the government s apparent double standards in its treatment of muslim versus non muslim extremists and called on the government to treat the massacre as terrorism.
The department of justice charged dylann roof with murder in the commission of a hate crime on wednesday but not domestic terrorism.
Dylann storm roof born april 3 1994 is an american white supremacist and mass murderer convicted for perpetrating the charleston church shooting on june 17 2015 in the u s.
Dylann roof was educated in a state whose educational standards from 2011 are full of lesson plans that focus on what casey quinlan a policy reporter said was the viewpoint of slave owners.
During a bible study at emanuel african methodist episcopal church roof killed nine people all african americans including senior pastor and state senator clementa c.
Dylann storm roof was named by the federal bureau of investigation fbi as the suspected killer after his father and uncle contacted police to positively identify him upon seeing security photos of him in the news.
Last week dylann roof was charged with 33 criminal acts including hate crimes and firearm violations for his killing spree at a historic african american church in charleston south carolina.
2017 why dylann roof is a terrorist under federal law 517 nently displayed not only the confederate flag but also the flags of other racist regimes such as apartheid era south africa and white.
