Charleston Shooting Suspect Roof To Be Indicted On Federal Hate Crime Charges

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Source: NPR

Dylann Roof, who police say carried out a ruthless attack that killed nine black worshipers in a Charleston, S.C., church, will face federal hate crime charges along with more than a dozen other serious charges he's already accused of.

A federal law enforcement source confirms to NPR's Carrie Johnson that the Justice Department will unveil federal charges against Dylann Roof today.

Roof already faces nine counts of murder, along with attempted murder and a weapons charge. His trial on those charges is set to begin next summer.

News of the hate-crimes indictment comes a month after photos and a racist manifesto were found on a website that appears to have been set up by Roof, the 21-year-old who was arrested the day after nine people were slain in a mass shooting at Charleston's Emanuel A.M.E. Church.

Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/22/425291216/charleston-shooting-suspect-roof-to-be-indicted-on-federal-hate-crime-charges?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews

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Hate crime eh? Throw the bastard in prison and let him rot away!

[onehandle]

1. Attack using a Weapon Of Mass Destruction. Time for Homeland Security to look into gun culture. nt

[shenmue]

2. Can't wait until he is in jail

Demon.

[CountAllVotes]

3. Exactly!

Pure EVIL!!!

[Gormy Cuss]

4. Good. n/t

[Gothmog]

5. This is appropriate

[7962]

6. Give him a fair trial and then give him the needle. nt

[Kelvin Mace]

7. What about terrorism charges?

His specific stated intent was to provoke civil war in the U.S.

[heaven05]

9. what, didn't you know

racists can't be terrorists. FBI said so about roof....

[brer cat]

8. Good. No question it was a hate crime. nt

[christx30]

10. With the state putting out capital murder charges

for this, what's the point of Federal hate crimes charges? Do we expect to incarcerate his dead body once the state gives him the needle?

[irisblue]

11. so is it domestic terrorism now?

but good.