12-13-2016, 11:39 PM
Testimony Continues
Thus far, jurors have seen the racist journals and pictures of Dylann Roof, viewed the video of Roof entering and exiting the church, and heard the testimony of witnesses and authorities as the prosecution laid out its case.
Surveillance video from the day of the attack in June 2015 showed people walking into the church. Then, in walks Roof at 8:16 pm, carrying a 45 Glock pistol and seven magazines. Once inside, he opened fire as the faithful rose and closed their eyes to pray. Roof existed the church at 9:06 p.m.
Prosecutors presented evidence showing that Roof meticulously prepared for the shootings. He carried eight magazines that could each hold 13 rounds, but loaded only 11 each so that he could shoot 88 times. That’s a revered number among white supremacists, standing for “Heil Hitler” because H is the eighth letter of the alphabet.
During interrogation, Roof told investigators he had planned to kill himself after the shootings. But, since no police descended upon him, he just left instead. There is no indication he'd listened to news of the shootings before he was apprehended and arrested in North Carolina the next day.
In Roof’s confession video, an FBI agent asked Roof, “Why did you do it?” Roof said, “I had to do it because somebody had to. Blacks are raping and killing white people on the streets every day... What I did is still minuscule to what they’re doing to white people every day.”
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Thus far, jurors have seen the racist journals and pictures of Dylann Roof, viewed the video of Roof entering and exiting the church, and heard the testimony of witnesses and authorities as the prosecution laid out its case.
Surveillance video from the day of the attack in June 2015 showed people walking into the church. Then, in walks Roof at 8:16 pm, carrying a 45 Glock pistol and seven magazines. Once inside, he opened fire as the faithful rose and closed their eyes to pray. Roof existed the church at 9:06 p.m.
Prosecutors presented evidence showing that Roof meticulously prepared for the shootings. He carried eight magazines that could each hold 13 rounds, but loaded only 11 each so that he could shoot 88 times. That’s a revered number among white supremacists, standing for “Heil Hitler” because H is the eighth letter of the alphabet.
During interrogation, Roof told investigators he had planned to kill himself after the shootings. But, since no police descended upon him, he just left instead. There is no indication he'd listened to news of the shootings before he was apprehended and arrested in North Carolina the next day.
In Roof’s confession video, an FBI agent asked Roof, “Why did you do it?” Roof said, “I had to do it because somebody had to. Blacks are raping and killing white people on the streets every day... What I did is still minuscule to what they’re doing to white people every day.”
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