A large part of this is punitive.
Is dylann roof considered a terrorist.
Sort of helter skelter ish.
Even before the charges were announced questions were raised about fbi director james comey s reluctance to call the attack an act of domestic terrorism especially since his office is quick to label acts of violence by muslims terrorism.
After white supremacist dylann roof killed nine african americans at a charleston south carolina church authorities declined to refer to the attack as terrorism.
The reasons why dylann roof wasn t charged with terrorism.
During a bible study at emanuel african methodist episcopal church roof killed nine people all african americans including senior pastor and state senator clementa c.
Dylann storm roof born april 3 1994 is an american white supremacist and mass murderer convicted for perpetrating the charleston church shooting on june 17 2015 in the u s.
Pinckney and injured.
After white supremacist dylann roof killed nine african americans at a charleston south carolina church authorities declined to refer to the attack as terrorism.
Dod defines him as a domestic terrorist.
But we shouldn t call dylann roof a terrorist.
Yes dylann roof is a terrorist a word that has come in recent years to be used to refer chiefly to muslim fanatics obviously applies to a man who murdered nine people because they re black.
Dylann roof is the 21 year old suspect in the shooting.
So he used calculated violence to coerce society into the pursuit of an ideological goal.
Many objected to the government s apparent double standards in its treatment of muslim versus non muslim extremists and called on the government to treat the massacre as terrorism.
The making of dylann roof what are you a member of the mother emanuel ame church in charleston asked at the trial of the white man who killed eight of her fellow black.
Last week dylann roof was charged with 33 criminal acts including hate crimes and firearm violations for his killing spree at a historic african american church in charleston south carolina.
One week ago nine black members of a charleston church were shot and killed.
Roof currently doesn t face any federal charges but attorney.
Many objected to the government s.
Washington federal charges against dylann roof who allegedly massacred nine people at a historically black church in south carolina came swiftly.
A most american terrorist.
State of south carolina.
Roof wantsto be a terrorist for us to admit that he terrorized us.