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PolitiFact (blog)
March 21, 2018
A fake news item claims Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was sexually and physically assaulted by a prison inmate. The article — with the headline "Dylann Roof, killer of 14 Charleston church members raped and beaten by inmate" — quotes the Charleston County sheriff describing the assault inÃâà...
Charleston Post Courier
March 18, 2018
COLUMBIA — A knife, marijuana and a racially tinged Snapchat post thrust Dylann Roof's family back into the limelight and into the turbulent debate about weapons, race and school violence. The arrest of the Emanuel AME Church shooter's 18-year-old sister at A.C. Flora High School on WednesdayÃâà...
HuffPost
March 6, 2018
“I seen what Dylann Roof did and in my heart I reckon I got a little bit of hatred and I... I want to do that shit. Like, I got desire... not for nobody else... it just... I want something where I can say, 'I fucking did that'... me personally... If I could do something on a fucking big scale and write on the fucking building orÃâà...
WGN-TV
March 5, 2018
McDowell then said he wanted a gun and told an undercover FBI agent who offered to get him one that he planned to attack somewhere in the name of white power and write on the building “in the spirit of Dylann Roof,” according to court records. Roof was sentenced to death last year for a racist shootingÃâà...
ABC NEWS 4
March 2, 2018
McDowell then said he wanted a gun and told an undercover FBI agent who offered to get him one that he planned to attack somewhere in the name of white power and write on the building "in the spirit of Dylann Roof," according to court records. Roof was sentenced to death last year for a racist shooting that killed nineÃâà...
Charleston Post Courier
February 26, 2018
MYRTLE BEACH — A man accused of planning an attack he reportedly wanted to be "in the spirit of Dylann Roof" pleaded guilty to a weapons charge Monday, according to an agreement filed in federal court. Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell, 30, of Conway, faces up to 10 years in federal prison forÃâà...
Naples Daily News
December 31, 1999
The sister of convicted mass murderer, Dylann Roof, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly bringing weapons, a knife and pepper spray to her South Carolina school. Buzz60. SOUTH-CAROLINA. South Carolina State Promo (Photo: Shane Music). CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN 15 COMMENTEMAILMORE.
13WHAM-TV
December 31, 1999
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) - The sister of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof has been charged after deputies say she brought weapons to school on National Walkout Day. On Wednesday, the Richland County Sheriff's Department said that 18-year-old Morgan Roof was charged with simple possession of marijuanaÃâà...
Lexington Herald Leader
December 31, 1999
The younger sister of Dylann Roof, who murdered nine black parishioners during bible study at a Charleston church, was arrested and charged Wednesday for possessing drugs and weapons on school grounds. Morgan Roof, 18, was charged with simple possession of marijuana and two counts ofÃâà...
Charleston City Paper
December 31, 1999
Yesterday, an estimated 1 million students protested ongoing gun violence that most-recently left 17 people dead in Parkland, Fla. As teenagers had the nerve to take issue with the growing threat of being killed in their schools by calling for gun law reform, 'gun rights' advocates were finding any daylightÃâà...
WTOL.com
December 31, 1999
Morgan Roof, 18, is charged with simple possession of marijuana and two counts of carrying weapons on school grounds.(Source: WISTV). Deputies say Morgan Roof also made a social media post on Snapchat that caused alarm to the student body. (Source:WISTV). COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -. The youngerÃâà...
CBS Los Angeles
December 31, 1999
COLUMBIA, S.C. (CBSLA/CBS News) — Deputies say the sister of church shooter Dylann Roof has been arrested for bringing drugs, pepper spray and a knife to her South Carolina school. The Richland County Sheriff's Department told CBS Columbia, S.C. affiliate WLTX-TV that 18-year-old Morgan RoofÃâà...
Yahoo News
December 31, 1999
Morgan Roof, the younger sister of the Charleston shooter Dylann Roof, was arrested after taking two weapons to school and posting to Snapchat that she hoped students protesting against gun violence in a nationwide walkout “get shot.” Roof, 18, showed up at A.C. Flora High School in South CarolinaÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
A sister of Dylann Roof, the man who massacred nine black churchgoers in South Carolina in 2015, was arrested on Wednesday for bringing a knife, pepper spray and marijuana to her high school, the authorities said. Morgan Roof, 18, was arrested on drugs and weapons charges at her high school, A.C.Ãâà...
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