Mr Roof Holding The Confederate Battle Flag

Dylann roof spat on and burned the american flag but waved the confederate.

Mr roof holding the confederate battle flag.

Roof the avowed white supremacist who killed nine black parishioners when he opened fire on the emanuel african methodist episcopal church in june 2015 posed with the flag in several photos. Roof he s holding the confederate flag in. He posed for pictures wearing a no. Mr roof is seen.

In the following years especially during the civil rights era the banner became a divisive emblem of white supremacist groups. 88 t shirt had 88 facebook friends and wrote that number white. The flag is located on state capitol grounds near the statehouse in columbia. The battle flag flew atop the south carolina statehouse from 1962 until 2000 when lawmakers agreed after a.

In 2015 when dylann roof killed nine members of a historically black church in charleston south carolina a photo of him holding a confederate flag was posted on his website also featuring his. Since he allegedly shot nine african american worshipers to death at a historic charleston s c church the country has been wrapped in debate about what the old battle flag symbolizes and. Images have surfaced online of mr. Dylann roof reportedly accepted the flag as a symbol of white supremacy the belief that white people are better than all others especially black.

The public reaction powerfully suggests that roof. The only way to get it removed is by a vote from the state legislature according to authorities. In one photograph of mr. The suspected killer is a 21 year old white man.