Charleston shooting investigation widens to include possible charges against additional suspects

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory/The Charlotte Observer

Authorities have expanded their investigation into the fatal shooting of nine black churchgoers by a white supremacist – and more suspects could possibly face charges.

Investigators believe Dylann Roof traveled alone to Charleston – where he opened fire on a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church – and fled by himself to North Carolina, where he was captured the following day.

But authorities suspect others knew of the 21-year-old gunman’s plot, and some of them could be charged in connection with the killings, reported the Charlotte Observer.

Law enforcement sources told the newspaper that a joint state and federal investigation had widened to include persons of interest after reviewing Roof’s cellphone and computer records.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/charleston-shooting-investigation-widens-to-include-possible-charges-against-additional-suspects/

[Fred Sanders]

1. Sons of the Confederacy and white supremist groups in general need to be made as radioactive as the Dixie Swastika they all worship.

[onehandle]

2. Arrest all in the gun purchase line all the way up to the Wayne LaPierre.

Gun manufacturers, dealers, and lobbyists should be responsible for how their WMDs are used.

[7962]

3. Might as well add in liquor distributors as well then.

With all the death caused by drunk driving and drunken murders from drunken arguments
In other words, its not gonna happen.

[brush]

4. Before you conclude that let's wait until we find out what his cell phone records show. nt

[sheshe2]

5. Thanks, Don.

I hope they get them all.

[livetohike]

6. K&R

[PSPS]

7. Why is yesterday's news in LBN?

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article26205988.html

[DonViejo]

8. Read the date of the actual article I posted...

as noted in the OP, it's RawStory and it was published TODAY:

TRAVIS GETTYS
03 JUL 2015 AT 11:33 ET

But, by all means, file an alert!

[underthematrix]

9. Thank you for posting this

this is definitely consistent with my suspicions about the Charleston massacre.

[yardwork]

12. I've wondered about this too.

Somebody took all those pictures posted to his website, for instance. Who was the second person at every scene, the one taking the photos?

[PSPS]

13. It's a rewrite of an old story. If I rewrite a 1985 news article, that doesn't make it LBN.

This is rawstory's stock in trade.

[DonViejo]

14. It's still today's news. Few people, if anyone, would be aware of this

if RS hadn't picked it up and published it. Ditto for Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress and, sometimes, the AP and Reuters.

That's a clever trick, trying to distract by talking about a rewrite of a 1985 article. As a Forum Host, I'd definitely vote to Lock that article if you posted it in LBN.

[Judi Lynn]

18. I haven't seen this aspect of the events, and I'm glad you took the time to post it.

Clearly this information hasn't been available to those of us who read LBN regularly, and we want to know about it.

I don't see the purpose in a poster's attempt to interfere in a thread which clearly is "news" to the rest of us. Sounds as if someone is trying to close the subject for discussion.

[Fairgo]

19. I hadn't heard it...

So it's news to me. Given that it is still " breaking" i appreciate post.

[groundloop]

16. Lord knows DU would cease to exist if a day old news story got posted in LBN

[7962]

17. +1

[rocktivity]

10. But it's no secret that he talked of doing it

even to his black acquaintances:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026872573

And why wasn't he placed in some kind of program when he was busted for drugs?


rocktivity

[Archae]

11. Because he's white.

White and Christian.

If he was brown or black and Muslim, they'd have shipped him off to Gitmo.

[Uncle Joe]

15. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, DonViejo.

[alp227]

20. Charleston Suspect Was in Contact With Supremacists, Officials Say (NY Times)

Excerpt:

WASHINGTON — Federal and local authorities have found that the man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black people in a South Carolina church last month had been in contact with white supremacists online, although it does not appear they encouraged him to carry out the massacre, according to law enforcement officials.

Investigators uncovered that information as they have pieced together where the gunman, Dylann Roof, 21, received his inspiration, and whether anyone else should face charges in connection with the murders.

“To understand what happened, you have to understand who he talked to and who may have known what,” said one law enforcement official briefed on the case. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they did not want to be identified discussing a continuing investigation.