Dylann Roof Found Guilty In Racially-Motivated Charleston Church Massacre

Dylann Roof appears at a court hearing in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday, July 16, 2015. A judge ruled Thursday that Roof, accused of killing nine people at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in June, will stand tri... Dylann Roof appears at a court hearing in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday, July 16, 2015. A judge ruled Thursday that Roof, accused of killing nine people at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in June, will stand trial in July, 2016. (Grace Beahm/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool) MORE LESS

A jury on Thursday found Dylann Roof guilty on 33 federal charges in the massacre of nine parishioners at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina in June 2015.

Roof is an avowed white supremacist who told authorities he wanted to start a race war with the shooting.

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  1. 2016 still sucks.

  2. He needs Texas justice…a short rope and a tall tree.

  3. I am strongly opposed to capital punishment, but this one would strain my principles.

  4. His defense team should have just deputized him.

  5. I shudder to imagine what the future Dylann Roofs of this country are planning right now, and how emboldened they will feel in January.

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