families forgive suspect in court
(AP) They forgave him. They advised him to repent for his sins, and asked for God mercy on his soul. One even told Dylann Storm Roof to repent and confess, and be OK. of the nine people shot down during a Bible study session inside their historic black church confronted the 21 year old suspect Friday during his initial hearing. They described their pain and anger, but also spoke of love.
forgive you, my family forgives you, said Anthony Thompson, whose relative Myra Thompson was killed. would like you to take this opportunity to repent. Do that and you be better off than you are right now. was ordered held until a bond is set on murder charges. He pandora clips-sterling silver clearance appeared by video from the county jail, looking somber in a striped jumpsuit and speaking only briefly in response to the judge questions.
The victims included the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, a state senator who doubled as the church lead pastor, and eight others who played multiple roles in their families and communities: ministers and coaches, teachers and a librarian, counselors and choir singers and the elderly sexton who made sure the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church was kept clean.
A police affidavit released Friday accused Roof of shooting all nine multiple times, and making pandora clips-sterling silver clearance a inflammatory statement as he stood over an unnamed survivor.
The families are determined not to respond in kind, said Alana Simmons, who lost her grandfather, the Rev. Daniel Simmons.
my grandfather and the other victims died at the hands of hate, this is proof everyone plea for your soul is proof they lived in love and their legacies will live in love, so hate won win, she said. I just want to thank the court for making sure that hate doesn win. Sanders survived the Wednesday night attack by pretending to Pandora Jewelry Outlet be dead, but lost her son Tywanza. She also spoke from Chief Magistrate James Gosnell courtroom, where Roof image appeared on a television screen. It is not unusual in South Carolina for the families of victims to be given a chance to address the court during a bond hearing.
welcomed you Wednesday night in our Bible study with open arms. You have killed some of the most beautifulest people that I know. Every fiber in my body hurts and I never be the same, Sanders told Roof.
was my hero, Sanders added, but then even she showed some kindness to the man accused of killing her son: we said in Bible Study, we enjoyed you but may God have mercy on you. bowed his head slightly. From the jail, he could hear them talking, but couldn see them; the camera showed only the judge.
is a very strong community. We have big hearts. We a very loving community, said Gosnell, who urged people to find it in their hearts to help not only the nine victims, but on the young man side of the family as well.
Roof public defender released a statement from his family offering prayers and sympathy for the victims, and expressing grief and disbelief as to what happened that night. have all been touched by the moving words from the victims families offering God forgiveness and love in the face of such horrible suffering, the statement said.
The comments in court seemed in keeping with a spirit evident on the streets of Charleston Friday, where people built a memorial and thousands attended a vigil to repudiate whatever a gunman would hope to accomplish by attacking one of the nation most important African American sanctuaries.
hateful person came to this community with some crazy idea he be able to divide, but all he did was unite us and make us love each other even more, Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. said as he described plans for the evening vigil at a sports arena.
A steady stream of people brought flowers and notes and shared somber thoughts at a growing memorial in front of the church, which President Barack Obama called sacred place in the history of Charleston and in the history of America. Justice Department announced Friday that it investigating whether it could be a hate crime or domestic terrorism. Agency spokeswoman Emily Pierce said the slayings were designed to strike fear and terror into this community. Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said the state will want the death penalty.
was an act of racial terrorism and must be treated as such, the Rev. Cornell William Brooks, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Friday in Charleston.
is a moment in which we say to them, the white nationalists movement, those purveyors of hate, we as Americans will not subscribe to that philosophy. We will not give up, we will not give in, Brooks said.
Roof had complained while getting drunk on vodka recently that were taking over the world and that needed to do something about it for the white race, according to Joey Meek, who tipped the FBI when he saw his friend on surveillance images.
Roof also told him he used birthday money from his parents to buy a .45 Glock pistol before the attack, Meek said.
Roof was arrested across the state line and returned in shackles to a county jail where he was being held next to the cell of Michael Slager, the white former police officer charged with fatally shooting black motorist Walter Scott in neighboring North Charleston.
It was the third arrest for Roof, who was quizzed by police in February after workers at the Columbiana shopping Pandora Jewelry Outlet mall said he appeared dressed entirely in black, asking strange questions about employee movements and closing times. He was charged then with possessing suboxone, a drug typically used to treat heroin addiction. A trespassing charge was added after he showed up again in April, prompting a three year ban from the mall.
Spilling blood inside the Emanuel church, founded in 1816, evoked painful memories of the racist violence that black churches have so often suffered, and the values their congregations have tried to uphold in response.
me, I a work in progress and I acknowledge that I very angry, said Bethane Middleton Brown, who appeared in court on behalf of her sister, the Rev. DePayne Middleton Doctor. have no room for hate. We have to forgive. I pray God on your soul. And I also thank God I won be around when your judgment day comes with him. 41, was a married father of two and a Democrat who spent 19 years in the South Carolina legislature. The other victims were Cynthia Hurd, 54; Tywanza Sanders, 26; Myra Thompson, 59; Ethel Lance, 70; Susie Jackson, 87; and the reverends DePayne Middleton Doctor, 49; Sharonda Coleman Singleton, 45; and Daniel Simmons Sr., 74.
Contributors include Russ Bynum, Alex Sanz, Meg Kinnard, David pandora murano glass beads 100% genuine Goldman and Jacob Jordan in Charleston, South Carolina; Mitch Weiss in Columbia, South Carolina; Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Alabama; Eric Tucker in Washington.
White boy grows up in a state that flies the confederate flag over it state capitol regardless of it symbolism to the black population of SC.
It like if Bavaria flew a Swastika over the city hall in Munich.
Then you have the streets etc named after confederate generals and confederate luminaries.
Imagine a Jew having to live in a city/state that glorified n4zis and named streets after h1tler and Goering and Eichmann.
Denial of reality does not alter reality indeed.
A racist grows up in a racist state and takes his racist views to their logical conclusion and what to the other racists (the ones who don have the balls to act on their deeply held convictions)do? They blame the blame guy for not knowing his place.
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