Dylann Roof Reportedly Told Authorities He Wanted To Start A Race War

This photo provided by Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof, Thursday, June 18, 2015. Roof, 21, was arrested Thursday in the slayings of several people Wednesday, including the pastor, at a prayer mee... This photo provided by Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof, Thursday, June 18, 2015. Roof, 21, was arrested Thursday in the slayings of several people Wednesday, including the pastor, at a prayer meeting inside The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via AP) MORE LESS
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The white, 21-year-old man suspected of gunning down nine people at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina has reportedly confessed to carrying out the attack.

CNN on Friday morning cited two anonymous law enforcement officials who said Dylann Roof confessed to the nine killings and told investigators he wanted to start a race war. Roof himself purchased the .45-caliber handgun he allegedly used in the attack in April at a Charleston gun shop, the officials told CNN.

A man identifying himself as Roof’s uncle, Carson Cowles, told Reuters on Thursday that he believed Roof’s father had bought him a .45-caliber handgun as a birthday gift.

NBC News’ Craig Melvin also cited anonymous sources who said Roof confessed to the crime. Those sources told NBC News that Roof nearly abandoned his plan because the churchgoers were “so nice to him”:

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  1. “told investigators he wanted to start a race war.”

    He’s obviously lying, since Slick Rick Santorum and Lindsay Graham have assured us that he wanted to kill Christians and destroy religious liberty. This kid must be a liberal race hustler who doesn’t even know why he killed nine people.

  2. Actually, its FOX News that wanted to start the race war. Dylann is just a soldier for their cause.

    And FOX will use plausible deniability.

  3. At this point even the FOX website has this as a huge story being a hate crime, racist, etc. But the FOX TV talk show hosts and numerous Republican politicians still are trying to sell it as War on Christians.

    And in the new twist, many Republicans will say this case is proof we need the Death Penalty…but of course no new gun laws.

  4. So he planned to kill blacks because of cartoonish stereotypes he had, but when he gets there he hesitates because everyone is so nice to him, but he opens fire anyway. People like him are immune to the humanity of others and God Damn those who demonize whole groups of Americans for partisan purposes.

  5. He almost didn’t go through with it because everyone was so nice to him.

    Somebody please remind me of all the decent, kind, clear-thinking people there are in the world. Or post a video of kittens playing. Something. Because I have to get on with my day and right now I can’t.

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