BREAKING NEWS
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| Federal Hate Crime Charges Likely in South Carolina Church Shooting |
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 3:02 PM EDT
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| The Justice Department will likely file federal hate crime charges against the man suspected of carrying out a massacre at a storied black church in South Carolina, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday. |
Dylann Roof, 21, already faces nine counts of murder and could face the death penalty in state court. But there is widespread agreement among officials at the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation that the shooting at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston was so horrific and racially motivated that the federal government was obligated to address it, law enforcement officials said. |
F.B.I. analysts have also concluded “with a high degree of certainty” that Mr. Roof posted a racist manifesto online, which could be a key to any federal charges, a law enforcement official said. The website was registered in February under Mr. Roof’s name, but the name was made anonymous the following day. |
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Thursday, June 25th 2015 at 11:23AM
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