Terrorist Kills 9 Americans In Race Fueled Shooting In Charleston, SC

The Post and Courier newspaper is reporting that the pastor of the church, Clementa Pinckney, who is also a state Senator, was inside for a service at the time of the shooting. Mayor Joe Riley has confirmed to the Post and Courier that there are fatalities in a shooting that occurred at the site of a church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. It was unclear if Rev. Pinckney was a victim.

By DY_nasty Go To Postgood old fashioned domestic terrorism :/

By Apollo Go To PostMayor and Police Chief are calling this a hate crime.

Michael, Rena, Nalin and I are praying for the victims and families touched by tonight’s senseless tragedy at Emanuel AME Church.

While we do not yet know all of the details, we do know that we’ll never understand what motivates anyone to enter one of our places of worship and take the life of another.

Please join us in lifting up the victims and their families with our love and prayers.

By Retro Go To PostHopefully the major outlets can take some time away from their round the clock Dolezal coverage to briefly touch on this story

By Smokey Go To PostMan this the type of shit whether right or wrong just puts me in a foul mood towards white people during my day. I'm reading that he actually sat in the church for a hour before shooting people? Rage inducing. RIP to those involved. The fact that this goon hasn't been caught really makes me nervous and anxious too.

The fact that this goon hasn't been caught really makes me nervous and anxious too.

We have learned the name of the shooter - waiting for @CharlestonPD to confirm before we report. #CharlestonShooting

By BHZ Mayor Go To PostAnyone heard from GotEmRunnin?

In a survey we conducted with the Police Executive Research Forum last year of 382 law enforcement agencies, 74 percent reported anti-government extremism as one of the top three terrorist threats in their jurisdiction; 39 percent listed extremism connected with Al Qaeda or like-minded terrorist organizations. And only 3 percent identified the threat from Muslim extremists as severe, compared with 7 percent for anti-government and other forms of extremism.

An officer from a large metropolitan area said that “militias, neo-Nazis and sovereign citizens” are the biggest threat we face in regard to extremism. One officer explained that he ranked the right-wing threat higher because “it is an emerging threat that we don’t have as good of a grip on, even with our intelligence unit, as we do with the Al Shabab/Al Qaeda issue, which we have been dealing with for some time.” An officer on the West Coast explained that the “sovereign citizen” anti-government threat has “really taken off,” whereas terrorism by American Muslim is something “we just haven’t experienced yet.”

Despite public anxiety about extremists inspired by Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, the number of violent plots by such individuals has remained very low. Since 9/11, an average of nine American Muslims per year have been involved in an average of six terrorism-related plots against targets in the United States. Most were disrupted, but the 20 plots that were carried out accounted for 50 fatalities over the past 13 and a half years.

In contrast, right-wing extremists averaged 337 attacks per year in the decade after 9/11, causing a total of 254 fatalities, according to a study by Arie Perliger, a professor at the United States Military Academy’s Combating Terrorism Center. The toll has increased since the study was released in 2012.

Public debates on terrorism focus intensely on Muslims. But this focus does not square with the low number of plots in the United States by Muslims, and it does a disservice to a minority group that suffers from increasingly hostile public opinion. As state and local police agencies remind us, right-wing, anti-government extremism is the leading source of ideological violence in America.

By reilo Go To PostMedia sure as fuck didn't hold back when that suicidal German bastard crashed the airplane a few months ago or when the shooting in Sweden happened. They only twist the narrative when it's an American white boy that does this kind of shit.

By Morzingis Go To PostLot of white american terrorists lately

By Morzingis Go To PostFoxNews trying to frame this as an attack on Christianity and not a hate crime.

"because it was a white guy and a black church, but you made a great point a moment ago about the hostility against Christians."

Fuck alllllll 4 of those people pushing that narrative.

By Morzingis Go To Postconclusion: attack on Christianity, anyone making this a race issue is themselves a racist.

By Morzingis Go To Post-Supports the confederate flag
-Supports apartheid
-He drove 119 miles to attack a historic black church
-He says "You rape our women and you're taking over our country and you have to go" before opening fire


conclusion: attack on Christianity, anyone making this a race issue is themselves a racist.

By db Go To PostHow long if ever are you going to hear the words "racially motivated terrorism" about this.

By Retro Go To PostAccording to survivor reports, he sat in on their bible study for a good amount of time before saying "You rape our women and are taking over our country & you have to go." and beginning the attack.

We have no doubt the coward who committed this heinous act will be brought to justice. But as a nation we must confront the ravages of gun violence and the stain of hatred that continues to be visited on our streets, in our schools, in our houses of worship, and in our communities.

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch addressed the shooting this morning: "This is a crime that has reached into the heart of that community. The Department of justice has opened a hate crime investigation into this shooting incident."

By Morzingis Go To PostFoxNews trying to frame this as an attack on Christianity and not a hate crime.

"because it was a white guy and a black church, but you made a great point a moment ago about the hostility against Christians."

By Pennywise Go To PostSo how long until the first person suggest people with weapons guard every church now ?

By Mamba Go To PostNot the black ones though. Don't want black people with guns, right?

In the sparse details that have emerged about his life, none would suggest that he was capable of such hatred and violence.

Roof was arrested that day in late April on a charge of trespassing; his car was turned over to his mother. The disposition of that case is also unclear.

"He was … calm," Mullins said. "That's why all this is such a shock."

By db Go To PostThere's a time to talk about guns but we're discussing an act of racially motivated terrorism that has been done with fire and bombs. Access to guns for just about anyone, an issue sure, but right wing terrorists are just as content blowing shit up.